Tag Archives: addiction

Is Life Just a Game We Play?

Posted on September 19, 2024 by mitchteemley

Music From My Movies Creating music for the films I write and direct is the primary way I pursue my other love, songwriting. Hence, I embedded the song “Healing River” in the opening of my feature film Healing River. Later … Continue reading →

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Unsavable?

Posted on September 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Nathan J. Hilton “Is there anything more agonizing than being unable to save someone whose fate you’ve helped create?” ~The Wishing Map φ

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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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Their Dark Intruder

Posted on May 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

One of my heavier posts (please read through to the end). This is a true story. Image by Elti Meshau He said he would kill them, In his time, in his way And yet they let the intruder stay Even … Continue reading →

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The Invisible War

Posted on July 24, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week I had a friend whose left leg was an inch shorter than his right. For years he tried to hide his limp and as a result, developed chronic tendonitis and painful bone spurs. He finally went … Continue reading →

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Are You Rootbound?

Posted on May 8, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Trees that outgrow their planters become rootbound–strangled by their own roots, unable to grow, unable to take in nutrients. Solution? First, remove the tree from its container. Second, trim away the unhealthy roots. Third, place it … Continue reading →

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Use Me

Posted on April 3, 2022 by mitchteemley

“When you’re drowning and someone is reaching down from a rock and says, ‘Grab my hand!’ you do it! That’s when it’s all right to use someone, Alec, because that’s how they got there. That’s how I did. I mean, … Continue reading →

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Why (at Least Some) Bad Things Happen

Posted on September 30, 2021 by mitchteemley

I don’t often get a sense of “why bad things happen.” You know, the “senseless” stuff we didn’t plan on—illness, lost income, the death of a friend. But a few years back, while writing the screenplay for my movie Healing … Continue reading →

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Radical Forgiveness!

Posted on May 23, 2020 by mitchteemley

More Rave Reviews for Healing River! The trailer has been seen and shared by thousands. From multiple true events, including my own near-death encounter with a heroin-addicted driver, I created a story of “impossible” forgiveness that both challenged and moved … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Feature Film is Finally Being Released! I’ve been updating readers for years about my first feature film as a writer-director, Over-the-Rhine. So I’m beyond thrilled to announce that it’s finally being released! And that its name has been changed … Continue reading →

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