Monthly Archives: September 2016

A Satisfied Cat

Posted on September 30, 2016 by mitchteemley

It’s hoodie weather. Finally! (I’m a t-shirt guy, but a t-shirt without a hoodie is like tights without a cape, you know?)  Anyway, as I sat hoodied and warm in my armchair this morning, an afghan draped across my legs … Continue reading →

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Thursday Song

Posted on September 29, 2016 by mitchteemley

(Music Video below) Marc was a skinny Polish-American Jew. I was a Euro-American mutt who’d decided he was Irish after playing a leprechaun in the high school musical. Our first band was clunky. If the chords to the song went, … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 32

Posted on September 28, 2016 by mitchteemley

Has anyone ever rescued you from yourself?

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Too Hip for Tuesday

Posted on September 27, 2016 by mitchteemley
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Our Journey

Posted on September 25, 2016 by mitchteemley
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How to Draw Women

Posted on September 22, 2016 by mitchteemley

I draw lots of things. Mosquitos. Criticism. But women? Not so much. Dude, if I’d realized it worked like this when I was a teenager, I’d have paid way more attention in art class!

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The Wishing Map 31

Posted on September 21, 2016 by mitchteemley

Have you ever manipulated someone, and then felt remorse? What did you do next? Did you fix that bridge? Or did you burn it?

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A Note to My Virtuous Friends

Posted on September 20, 2016 by mitchteemley

“To do good is noble, but to teach others to do good is nobler…and much less trouble.” ~Mark Twain Many of us who are writers and teachers hope, I suspect, to establish our own nobility by telling others how to … Continue reading →

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Fallmost

Posted on September 17, 2016 by mitchteemley

We’re slipping into fallmost, almost fall, the not-quite season. Perhaps you think of it as notumn, not autumn. Whatever you call it… Fallmost has a certain wistfulness, a sweet, fleeting uncertainty. It’s warm rather than hot, soft rather than sultry. Early quitter leaves flutter to … Continue reading →

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Caption this Photo

Posted on September 16, 2016 by mitchteemley

My thoughts: This is either… Mount Tushmore Mount Rushmore seen from the Canadian side American voters during the upcoming elections or…? Feel free to vote for your favorite. Winner will have their posterior carved on this mountain. Not really, but … Continue reading →

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