I pulled the yellow Rubbermaid dish washing gloves off and turned them upside down. Dirty water drained out of them. I examined my hands. They were white, prune-like, bleeding, and stinging from the harsh laundry detergent I had to keep pouring into the cleaning water. “Are you gonna git to work or stand around feeling […]
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On a Saturday afternoon last November, my wife Kim and I pulled into the parking lot of the Woodland Park Wal-Mart. Usually, she drives around looking for a parking spot that is far away and less likely to get our new car dinged. But this time, she swung quickly into an empty space. As she
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The happy shrieks and yelling of small children woke us from our sleep. Not that we had slept well. The red sandstone of Sedona, Arizona did not make for a comfortable bed. My college roommate and I both stuck our heads out of the tent. We could see children zooming around the campground finding the
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Let me start out by saying that I don’t have an ideological dog in the race for who will become our next president. Exhibit A is that I was a strong McCain supporter in 2000 and a rabid Rand Paul backer this year. But unlike so many people who argue about politics today, my first
I have always been good at spotting trends. Growing up with crazy parents, I learned to recognize the warning signs when either of them was about to engage in irrational behavior. It was a survival skill. That skill carried over into the rest of my life. For example, back in the late Eighties and early
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Sister Mary Theresa was an imposing figure of a woman. She would have been even without the penguin suit. Although I couldn’t imagine her without it. She was a giant to me, the shortest kid in class. But, in fairness, she was taller than Father Michael as well and stout enough to fill up most
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