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He Always Wants Me to Rub His Bare Back, After I Tell Him a Story, or Something that Jesus Did or He Reads Me the Story He Wrote While Listening to Me – Always Wanting Just Two More Minutes of His Back Rub.
He always wants me to rub his bare back, after I tell him a story, or something that Jesus did or he reads me the story he wrote while listening to me - always wanting just two more minutes of his back rub. Introduction The story shown above as the featured photo, transcribed right below, was...
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills – Sunday, April 26, 2026
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills - Sunday, April 26, 2026 *** In the morning, but especially on Sunday, when I open the kitchen curtains, I so enjoy watching the golden sunlight play upon and bathe the hills to the north of us in a...
Postcard Story – The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) – Thomas Eakins -1871 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas Eakins - The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) - American - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Story – The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) – Thomas Eakins -1871 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Oldest Grandson – 12/30/25 He, the champion was...
Ronald J. Baker – February 19, 1947 – April 25, 2025 – A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much
Ronald J. Baker - February 19, 1947 - April 25, 2025 - A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much *** Foreword In 2017, Ron's wife, Laurie, was planning a big shindig for Ron's 70th birthday. It was going to be on February 1, and I was not going to be able to attend, as I had...
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds.
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds. *** The refrigerator/ freezer in our garage stopped...
Three Long-time Older Friends Taking Their Daily Walk Holding Hands, One with a Cane, Their Usual Fourth Companion I Had Passed Earlier, as She Hurried Along the Sidewalk to Get to Church on Time
Three Long-time Older Friends Taking Their Daily Walk Holding Hands, One with a Cane, Their Usual Fourth Companion I Had Passed Earlier, as She Hurried Along the Sidewalk to Get to Church on Time *** One Saturday while on a morning walk, I saw up ahead an older couple with an older friend who I...
This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close
This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close *** ... he said to come and say goodbye before I left. I knocked softly twice and opened the...
Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall
Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall Among all the thimbles and the other little treasures and souvenirs within the wooden curio box from Hallmark, there are three bullets, souvenirs of a visit to one of at the seven American Civil War...