Monthly Archives: April 2024

An Unwanted Quest

Posted on April 13, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: pinterest.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Gina’s harsh encounter with the mysterious Rhema was nothing like her brother Zack’s. He’d been offered tea … Continue reading →

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Irony, Thy Name Is Human

Posted on April 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

Oh, So Human! Click on any image to enlarge it, or to begin slide show.

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Funny Animal Group Names

Posted on April 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

Animal group names are a hoot. Here are some of my favorite official group names (Source: The Oxford Dictionary) organized into three unofficial categories: So Appropriate (I mean, what else could they be called?) Cats – Pounce or Glaring (often both … Continue reading →

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Happiness Is Nowhere

Posted on April 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

Happiness is nowhere. Happiness is now  here. What’s the difference? Only air, which sometimes fills the space for years. We hope that happiness will come, although its presence may be fleeting. They say it lingers long for some, but others … Continue reading →

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Not Guilty-ish, Your Honor

Posted on April 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d reached the sagely age of 20, and had learned many things. Putting oil in a car wasn’t one of them. Dad was demonstrably displeased when his long-haired hippie of a son managed to blow-up his Volkswagen … Continue reading →

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Real Fatherhood

Posted on April 8, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week During self-introductions a college student of mine once boasted that he’d fathered 11 children by 11 different women. I normally avoid judgmental statements. Not this time. “Do you support them?” I asked. “Uh, no!” he said … Continue reading →

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Two Things

Posted on April 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

The first is greater than I can bear to think. And the latter is greater than I dare to hope. “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” ~John 15:13 ∞

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When Heroes Kill Monsters

Posted on April 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Akanda Kilicarslan “When heroes kill monsters, they kill something in themselves, as well – and give birth to something new.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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The Birth of a Hero

Posted on April 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: deviantart.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Gina had entered the same little cottage as her brother … Continue reading →

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Spring Has Sprung

Posted on April 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Life!” Even more than “green” or “flowers,” that’s the word that comes to mind when we think of spring. Of course, life doesn’t cease during the winter, it simply finds a warm place to take a long nap. But in … Continue reading →

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