Monthly Archives: December 2019

When Wolves and Lambs Lie Down Together

Posted on December 18, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Rev. Shirley Hobson Duncan of A Pastor’s Heart. Shirley is a United Methodist pastor who has served at several churches in the Minnesota area over the years. I’ve enjoyed her challenging, inspirational posts for … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on December 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

Monster Runs Amuck! Notzilla has to be the longest gestating dinosaur egg in history! The year after I graduated from high school, my buddy Jeff and I (co-members of the band The Daily Planet) wrote a short draft for a … Continue reading →

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“If Ya Wanna Send a Message…”

Posted on December 16, 2019 by mitchteemley

Picking a Blog Name, Part Five (To read Part One, click here) The old movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn is reputed to have snarled at a screenwriter, “If ya wanna send a message, use Western Union!” And yet so many of … Continue reading →

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The Power of Story

Posted on December 14, 2019 by mitchteemley

Picking a Blog Name, Part Four (To read Part One, click here) I admitted in A Godlike Little Loaf of Bread that, while I can construe my name to mean almost anything, it really is simply my name. Hence, the … Continue reading →

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It Could be Worse!

Posted on December 13, 2019 by mitchteemley

Hey, at least Friday the 13th didn’t come on Christmas Day! Oh, wait, that can’t happen because…never mind. But, wait, that means Christmas is still coming! So how bad can it be? Happy Christmas-is-only-12-days-away-Friday-the-13th! (Click on any picture to enlarge … Continue reading →

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A Godlike Little Loaf of Bread

Posted on December 12, 2019 by mitchteemley

Picking a Blog Name, Part Three (To read Part One, click here) So, I finally decided to use my own name as my blog site name. Not a lotta sizzle in that, but at least it was safe, and after … Continue reading →

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Conversations with my brain…at 3 AM

Posted on December 11, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week might just be the next Erma Bombeck–if she can find the time! Tie My Tubes Already‘s creator, Tia, is a bookaholic mother of two who “secretly dreams of one day self-publishing a small collection of … Continue reading →

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Mitchellaneous: The Perfect Blog Name?

Posted on December 10, 2019 by mitchteemley

Picking a Blog Name, Part Two (To read Part One, click here) After officially abandoning the title Don’t Read This, You’ll Only Encourage Him!       I did what any creative guy would do: polled my Facebook friends for … Continue reading →

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Don’t Read This, You’ll Only Encourage Him

Posted on December 9, 2019 by mitchteemley

My 3rd Grade Notebook (“enhanced” by 5th-Grade-Me) Five years ago, I launched my blog site with this quip: “Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Is this thing on?” I thought is was funny. So did some guy who … Continue reading →

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Love is the Greatest Healer

Posted on December 8, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Love cures people. Both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” ~ Karl A. Menninger

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