Monthly Archives: September 2015

The Wishing Map 95

Posted on September 30, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty: Tea for One Previously: Gina managed (by posing as the mysterious Rhema) to halt the civil war launched by her brother Zack. ⇔ ⇔ … Continue reading →

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Life with a Purpose

Posted on September 28, 2015 by mitchteemley

Connecting With God, Part 8 (To read Part 1, click here) Purpose. No amount of Freudian psychoanalysis can explain away the need for it. Unless we succeed in drowning it out, all of our lives we will hear that still, small voice calling us … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 94

Posted on September 26, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack was stunned to discover that the terrifying apparition who’d halted the naims’ civil war was his sister Gina. … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 93

Posted on September 23, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack and the naim (gnome) child Bud were pierced by lances, but for some reason didn’t die. And then … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 19, 2015 by mitchteemley

Is Zack dead? ~Read The Wishing Map, Episode 92!

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The Wishing Map 92

Posted on September 19, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: The naim (gnome) child Bud was pierced by an arrow as Zack struggled to halt the war he’d unintentionally … Continue reading →

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Call Me Mr. Sunshine

Posted on September 18, 2015 by mitchteemley

So, I’ve been nominated for a Sunshine Blogger Award by Kat Frost, the delightfully un-frosty blogger at More Than I’ve Been. My challenge: to answer a set of Questions and choose other worthy Nominees. Here goes: My Questions What is your dream … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 91

Posted on September 16, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: By pushing the childlike naims beyond what they could comprehend, Zack unintentionally sparked armed conflict! ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Cries … Continue reading →

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Confession: I’m in Love with Another Woman

Posted on September 15, 2015 by mitchteemley

Today is the 30th anniversary of my marriage. Does that make it a bad time to tell the woman I married that I’m in love with someone else? An ex-friend once introduced his wife to the woman he was leaving … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 90

Posted on September 12, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack astounded the childlike naims by asking them to do the “impossible”: tell different stories based on the same … Continue reading →

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