Monthly Archives: September 2020

Is It Real?

Posted on September 27, 2020 by mitchteemley

Faith: If it doesn’t change who I am, it isn’t real.

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Weekend Chores

Posted on September 26, 2020 by mitchteemley

Me Doing Weekend Chores “I’ve been looking over the list of spring chores I made up last fall, and darned if they aren’t fall chores, after all.” ~Robert Breault “Normal Person’s Weekly Chore List: 1. Clean kitchen 2. Clean bathroom … Continue reading →

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Hole

Posted on September 23, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is River Dixon of The Stories In Between. I don’t know a lot about River, except that he lives in Arizona and writes short stories and poems (he’s authored seven published collections to date). The … Continue reading →

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Activating God’s Promise

Posted on September 22, 2020 by mitchteemley

My first feature film as a writer-director, Healing River, in production. “This is what the LORD God says, ‘In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.’ But you would not.” ~Isaiah 30:15 … Continue reading →

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Never Forget

Posted on September 20, 2020 by mitchteemley

Never forget It’s not what you know, but Who you know

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Deep Thoughts (While Avoiding Weekend Chores)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by mitchteemley

Young Codger Old codgers are grumpy, eccentric old men. But there are quite a few young codgers out there, too. To eat humble pie means to apologize for something you were wrong about. So, when you brag are you eating proud … Continue reading →

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Sometimes your eyes….

Posted on September 16, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Martina Kia of Kia’s Notions. I know virtually nothing about Kia, except that she may be Ugandan and that I like her. I like her openness and vulnerability. I like her writing, which ranges … Continue reading →

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Letting My Geek Flag Fly

Posted on September 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

“Some are born geeks, some achieve geekness, and others have geekness thrust upon them.” ~with apologies to William (a.k.a. “Willy the Geek”) Shakespeare I wanted so badly to be cool. But throughout my primary school years and into high school … Continue reading →

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Just Ask Creation

Posted on September 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

“Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson “Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Wish That Always Comes True

Posted on September 12, 2020 by mitchteemley

It’s Saturday and the weeds await. My lawn is festooned with them, particularly the ever-present dandelionous paininthebuttous. So I begin my pre-lawncare procedure by musing about dandelions: “Wishes are iffy things,” I think, “but there’s one wish dandelions can actually … Continue reading →

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