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Dancing... or drinking through life
I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I'm giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up.
So Rod Dreher's sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here's his latest post (I think)
There are 8 comments on it.
As I scrolle
posted 3:05:22pm Mar. 02, 2010 |
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Back...
I'm back here at JWalking after a bit of time because I just want someplace to record thoughts from time to time. I doubt that many of the thoughts will be political - there are plenty upon plenty of people offering their opinions on everything political and I doubt that I have much to add that will
posted 10:44:56pm Mar. 01, 2010 |
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Learning to tell a story
For the last ten months or so I've been engaged in a completely different world - the world of screenwriting. It began as a writing project - probably the 21st Century version of a yen to write the great American novel - a shot at a screenplay. I knew that I knew nothing about the art but was inspir
posted 8:01:41pm Feb. 28, 2010 |
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And just one more
I have, I think, just one more round of chemo left.
When I go through my pill popping regimen tomorrow morning it will be the last time for this particular round of drugs. Twenty-three rounds, it seems, is enough.
What comes next? We'll go back to what we did after the surgery. We'll watch and measu
posted 11:38:45pm Nov. 18, 2008 |
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A Newfie for Obama
NPR asked me to do a short memo to the president-elect. I chose to do it on the dog he should choose... and why. Check it out.
posted 12:25:10am Nov. 15, 2008 |
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posted June 10, 2008 at 11:01 am
I know the feeling.
posted June 10, 2008 at 11:40 am
THAT IS THE MOST INSIPID LOAD OF CRUD I HAVE EVER READ. HAVE YOU BEEN TIED TO A FENCE AND BEATEN TO DEATH LIKE MATTHEW SHEPARD? HAVE YOU BEEN DENIED A JOB, A PROMOTION, A PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE OF WHO YOU WERE? DID THE NAZIS SEW PINK TRIANGLES ON YOUR SHIRTS BEFORE THEY GASSED YOU?
BUDDY, YOU HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THE COURAGE REQUIRED TO TELL OTHERS YOU ARE HOMOSEXUAL. I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT KIND OF COURAGE.
GO BACK TO WRITING FOR THE “COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVES”(AN OXYMORON), STICK WITH WHAT YOU KNOW.
posted June 10, 2008 at 11:56 am
And you have been GREATLY missed by more than just me… I am sure. I hope all is well!
Jackie
posted June 10, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I understand, too. The smell of mothballs and cedar get to you after a while. Nice to see you back, writer.
posted June 10, 2008 at 12:08 pm
David, Welcome back, even if you can’t rhyme. (Hey, I can’t either.) And I hope you’ll pay the most attention to the posts from people that do care about you and show it by what they say. Less to even well-intentioned people (some with good causes, and always at least some we can learn from) who merely spew the hate and bias at you that they mistakenly believe we all are spewing at them.
Best wishes for many thought-provoking future blogs.
Pete A.
posted June 10, 2008 at 12:25 pm
So glad the writer’s back!
posted June 10, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Rhyming is a writers’ way
Of distracting us from form and tense
And thereby carrying the day
When the words he chooses make no sense.
Erato, muse of charlatans!
Pindar, patron saint!
David, Psalmist, king and man!
Idolatry, the poet’s taint!
Bring us promises of reason,
Bring us hope in hope’s due time.
Give a care in every season.
But, Sir, I beg, don’t make it rhyme.
posted June 26, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Mothballs are kind of addictive, aren’t they?
posted June 30, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Do you ever fear rejection, verbal abuse or physical attack when doing so?
No?
Then you have no idea.
posted July 19, 2008 at 5:50 pm
lol!
But how did your family react?
Oh no, not a writer! Maybe you are just going through a phase. There’s a job fair for ex-writers, maybe you need some help to make you normal again.
What about your friends?
It’s ok John, we have plenty of writer friends. Oh I would have never guessed you are one of those. You don’t seem the type.
Your Church?
We love all children of God, even if they are writers, as long as they don’t act on it.
Coming out as a writer sure is…hard?
posted November 24, 2008 at 8:42 am
Coming out of the closet is a courageous act.