Tag Archives: darkness

My Early Brushes With Mortality

Posted on July 21, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo source: Richard Ratay My Real Memoir My Early Brushes with Mortality. I’d spent just four months in my new home. Still, everything had changed. I’d gained two new best friends and emerged from my shy-shell. “Emerged?” Heck, I was … Continue reading →

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The Girl in the Shadow

Posted on July 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by kimerajam My Real Memoir The best part of the summer, my epic strep throat notwithstanding, was behind me. I repeated my Shakespeare class with a professor who was dull but, unlike the previous one, at least recognized me as … Continue reading →

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The Content of Our Character

Posted on January 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The problem with quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lies not in finding meaningful words, but in knowing where to stop! Imagine if he’d lived beyond his brief thirty-nine years — oh, how we need his … Continue reading →

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60 Years Ago Today

Posted on November 22, 2023 by mitchteemley

Not one, but two Jacks died on November 22, 1963. The assassination of the first, John F. (“Jack”) Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, made international headlines, and still frequently does. The death of the other, C. S. … Continue reading →

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Eclipses Are Illusions

Posted on August 7, 2022 by mitchteemley

The word eclipse, from the Greek ekleípō, means to “fail” or “abandon,” reminding us that throughout most of human history, eclipses have been viewed with horror as the sun’s light “abandoning” us, it’s “failure” to continue shining. But eclipses are … Continue reading →

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The Darkness Within Us

Posted on March 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

Source: drawception.com My Real Memoir (Warning: Contains some disturbing descriptions) I thought I didn’t have a dark side. When a college professor asked us to talk about our most sadistic impulses, our temptation to hurt others, I was the only … Continue reading →

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My Early Brushes with Mortality

Posted on September 7, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo source: Richard Ratay My Real Memoir Oddly enough, as a child I came to equate suffering and death with my cousins, and with a quaint farming community. Mom and her sister Tavia were close, so we visited often. But … Continue reading →

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Dr. King’s Legacy

Posted on January 18, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We … Continue reading →

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The Wound

Posted on October 7, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Candy Lebby of Fantastical Murmurs. Candy doesn’t post often, but when she does her poetry and prose are always worth your time. Always. Her words are probing, compelling, real. By her own description, she … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Jacks

Posted on November 26, 2018 by mitchteemley

Two Jacks died on November 22, 1963. The assassination of the first, John F. (“Jack”) Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, made international headlines, and still frequently does. The death of the other, C. S. (“Jack”) Lewis, an … Continue reading →

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