Tag Archives: depression

Two Spirits Sharing Our Human Experience

Posted on November 11, 2025 by mitchteemley

Above: Aslan the lion  –  Julian, California  –  Pirate’s Cove baptisms  –  Ancient Ichthus symbol My Real Memoir “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin We’d … Continue reading →

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We Were Hungry for Real Love

Posted on August 12, 2025 by mitchteemley

Photo by cottonbro studio My Real Memoir Dinah was stately. She would have made an excellent queen. But she was also sensuous and bohemian. And underneath that creamy skin was a woman hungry for real love, rather than a repeat … Continue reading →

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The Storm I Couldn’t See Coming

Posted on May 13, 2025 by mitchteemley

Image by PortSundries My Real Memoir There’d been signs early on, but I was too young to know what they meant. In primary school I’d heard the phrase, “Step on a crack and break your mother’s back,” and started avoiding cracks. … Continue reading →

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Life Beyond the Tunnel

Posted on October 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Age of Anxiety A true story It would be nice if my age of anxiety had ended with my breakthrough in the desert. It hadn’t. But something had changed; I’d moved from trying to control my thoughts to learning … Continue reading →

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Where You Live Matters

Posted on October 16, 2024 by mitchteemley
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Back to Square One…Again

Posted on July 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Frederick Eankels “The problem is, while we’re trying to move forward, our lives keep moving in circles.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Life’s Cruel Circles

Posted on July 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

Illustration by Cyber Child 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 and her brother Zack’s search for a monstrous Questing Beast, amid recurring … Continue reading →

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The Hole in Her Heart

Posted on July 16, 2024 by mitchteemley

Left: photo by Gerhard Litz     –     Right: Dar, age 16 My Real Memoir My new love and I had let go the safe shores of our previous lives–Darlene (“Dar”) her childhood religion, and I my small-town fame. We … 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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Beyond the Present

Posted on March 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

“A true healer helps us see beyond the present.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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