THE DOG AND “ME”
THE DOG AND “ME” My stepdaughter’s dog never stops watching me. If I didn’t love this dog, I could easily hate him; he sees right through all my bulls**t; my rationalizations and my pretensions, maybe that’s why his name is …
CALL ME TALLAHASSEE
CALL ME TALLAHASSEE I know I said at the end of my last post on May 12th that I would be taking the story to a new place, but I was wrong. I was going to move on to Tallahassee, …
AND THERE WAS LIGHT
AND THERE WAS LIGHT Darkness is the incredible, mystifying, fear provoking stage upon which the eternal play of life performs for God’s purposes and God’s pleasure. Jack
LISTEN TO THE BEAR NEWS
LISTEN TO THE BEAR NEWS To date, we’ve posted six different pieces about running away from our life in Tampa, Fl at the age of 27 and landing in Las Vegas. We wanted to list them in order so the …
THE MYSTERY LADY
THE MYSTERY LADY As good fortune would have it there were some very good bookstores in the Tampa Bay area. I found a fantastic one just across the bay in St Petersburg. It was a world of books, books on …
KEEP A TRUE LIGHT ON THE PATH
KEEP A TRUE LIGHT ON THE PATH We don’t record every detail of history, that we can, to relive it; we use history to create a light to shine on our path into the future, so woe unto them who …
TAMPA, FLOWERS, BOOKS AND BEER
TAMPA, FLOWERS, BOOKS AND BEER I thought that when I got back to Tampa I would know where to start dealing with my life, but that was very naive of me. I was totally powerless over my ex-wife and her …
HERE AM I, LORD
HERE AM I LORD There’s a little dog living in my house that reminds me of me. He’s not my dog; he belongs to my stepdaughter who lives with us. All day long this little dog’s constant concern is staying …
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES Of all the great and beautiful things I’ve learned in my life, by very large measure, most of them have come after college. One particular pearl that stands out so clearly, probably, in part, because …
A LITTLE FOCUS
I couldn’t find a good picture of the wizard peeping out from behind the curtain or the good old reliable frog to introduce this announcement. However, the old steadfast Bear agreed to do it. I had two nicknames in college, …