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Test Time!
What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading
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Free As the Breeze?
Since retiring from the world of work four years ago, I have experienced several foundational… you might even call them seismic… shifts in my life. There has been, naturally, the anticipated change in income. There was, for Joan and I, the… Continue reading
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Healing Snow
Turns out, all it took was an epic 23-inch snowfall! Let me back up a second and explain… My wife and I are relatively new residents of this little eight house cul-de-sac in Fort Collins, Colorado. We moved here in… Continue reading
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The Right Question…
Since we now live in a new state, Joan and I recently decided to do a little exploring. We drove to the southwestern part of Colorado and set ourselves up in the lovely little town of Ridgway. We highly recommend… Continue reading
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Like a bridge…
When you’re weary, feeling small When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side, oh, when times get rough And friends just can’t be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay… Continue reading
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Ideal vs. Real
I flew my American flag every day last week. No… I did not fly my flag because of some sudden, Fourth-of-July-inspired outburst of patriotism. I flew my flag because that’s just what I do. Flying the American flag is a… Continue reading
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To Be Free
During most years, the topic of freedom is something we trot out once a year… like our Christmas ornaments and tax returns. When the calendar hits early July, we religiously unfurl the red-white-and-blue bunting, light M-80s and Black Cats and… Continue reading
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Daring to Follow
I just tried an experiment on Facebook to see what might happen. I didn’t originally intend to make this experiment the topic of a blog post, but the results were so interesting I just had to share them with y’all.… Continue reading
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No magic wand
Have you ever played the “magic wand” game? That’s the game where someone says to you, “If you could wave a magic wand and change ONE THING about your life, what would it be?” If you are anything like me,… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 