Monthly Archives: April 2019

Parable of the Sailboat

Posted on April 15, 2019 by mitchteemley

Most of my dreams are “mad libs,” the organized part of my mind attempting to construct a narrative out of disparate snippets. But every now and then I receive what could actually be considered a message. My life was at … Continue reading →

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Dear God

Posted on April 14, 2019 by mitchteemley

Actual Kids’ Letters to God Dear God… “Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t You just keep the ones You already made?” ~Jane “In school they told us what You do. Who does it … Continue reading →

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Irony, Thy Name is Human

Posted on April 13, 2019 by mitchteemley

To err is human. Oh, so human.

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Music from My Movies

Posted on April 12, 2019 by mitchteemley

Impossible Love The song Impossible Love plays a key role in my film Over-the-Rhine, as indeed it does in my life. Early in the movie, seventeen-year-old songwriter and drug addict Alec has a melody stuck in his head. He attempts … Continue reading →

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Outrageous! (Unless, you know, it’s true)

Posted on April 11, 2019 by mitchteemley

I don’t know who created the above meme, but I love its irreverent reverence. In fact I even LOL’d when I read it (something I rarely do in polite circles). I mean, I’ve been called a liar from time to … Continue reading →

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Carrying Treasures into the Light

Posted on April 10, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is journalist turned teacher Nancy E. Head. I held off featuring her for some time because she doesn’t use Reblog buttons. But I couldn’t wait any longer, because she’s simply one of my favorite online … Continue reading →

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This Changes Everything!

Posted on April 9, 2019 by mitchteemley

Note: This is from that bastion of journalistic integrity The Weekly World News, so you know it’s gotta be true. Check and see if your boss or ex-boyfriend is still around. Other actual newspaper headlines from the Think-Before-You-Print department: “New … Continue reading →

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Willpower vs. Wordpower

Posted on April 8, 2019 by mitchteemley

Willpower! It’s the key to rebooting our lives, to making all of our bad habits go away and all of our dreams come true. Right? And for people of faith, it’s the key to stopping “that behavior I’m ashamed of” … Continue reading →

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Music from My Movies: Correction!

Posted on April 7, 2019 by mitchteemley

Oops! Well, this is embarrassing! A couple of days ago I shared The Game, a song I wrote for the feature film Over-the-Rhine, only to discover that I’d accidentally uploaded an earlier version! I’ve updated the blog post to include … Continue reading →

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Almost Got Him…

Posted on April 6, 2019 by mitchteemley

Just a hare more. Is there anything more useless than when children “help”? And yet they do help us. True, we help them to become adults, but more importantly, they help us to become children again. Which is what it … Continue reading →

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