Monthly Archives: July 2024

True Success

Posted on July 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

“May you be so successful that people attribute all kinds of things to you that you never actually said!” ~Albert Einstein But seriously… Remember that true success is living out the purpose for which you were made. “For many are … Continue reading →

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The Most Dangerous Enemy

Posted on July 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by MachiavelliCro “The most dangerous enemy you’ll ever face is the you you might become.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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The You You Might Become

Posted on July 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Marco Bekk 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. In search of an elusive Beast, and prodded by a pushy sword, Gina … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Spectacle

Posted on July 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

My wife and I visited Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, Ohio, last weekend, the early 20th century Tudor Revival manor built for Gertrude and F.A. Sieberling, who co-founded Goodyear Tires. There was nobody named “Stan Hywet,” by the … Continue reading →

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What Is Freedom?

Posted on July 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

Today, July 4th, is Independence Day in my country, the day we officially celebrate our freedom. But that’s not enough. Freedom must be celebrated, protected, and exercised every day. Why? Because: Freedom is Necessary “Life without liberty is like a … Continue reading →

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Doodles

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mitchteemley

I’ve always enjoyed (amateur) cartooning as a form of visual punnery, wordplay, or just plain silliness–a condition with which I have been afflicted, and in turn afflicted others, throughout my life. Quasi-Motors Technical Fowl The Abdominal Snowman Mousey Tongue (a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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The Show Must Go On!

Posted on July 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Finally, a lead role! Two, really. I’d just been cast as the befuddled hero Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, the first romantic lead I’d played since high school. And it had come less than a month … Continue reading →

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“Going a Little Crazy”

Posted on July 1, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week For some, the vows of faithfulness spoken at a marriage ceremony are preceded by a bachelor party in which the devoted-spouse-to-be gets drunk or stoned, takes in a lap dance, maybe even has sex with a … Continue reading →

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