Tag Archives: longing

Do Drowned Leaves Dream?

Posted on November 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

Do drowned leaves dream of the lives they once lived in the sky while living leaves ponder the fate that awaits by and by?

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Welcome to Fall, er, Autumn, er, Falltumn

Posted on September 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

Today is the first day of autumn (in my hemisphere), one of the most unpredictable days of the year.  True, this year it’s been almost sardonically on-the-nose (where I live): yesterday was a blazing final summer day in the 90s, … Continue reading →

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Whispers of an Unimagined Future

Posted on January 1, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Robert Lukeman 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 the entire novel, begin here. The mysterious Map their Aunt Aloysia had … Continue reading →

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My Own Good Friday

Posted on August 12, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Tim Umphreys When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I was back home … Continue reading →

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The Girl on the Train to Paris

Posted on May 6, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo credit: Huffpost.com When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. My life of decadent sensualism … Continue reading →

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Big Dumb Guy

Posted on March 11, 2021 by mitchteemley

‘Endless Tunnel’ photo by Jaroslaw Blaminsky When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I’d … Continue reading →

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Strangers in a Strange Land

Posted on February 28, 2021 by mitchteemley

Have you ever felt a sense of incompleteness, a longing for something beyond your earthly reach? ~The Wishing Map “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that … Continue reading →

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I Miss the World

Posted on July 3, 2020 by mitchteemley

I grew up near the beach in Southern California. Honestly, I didn’t go all that often once I grew up. But the moment we moved away, I missed it. I missed knowing I could. This pandemic has made me feel … Continue reading →

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Best Vacation Ever?

Posted on April 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

It was Easter morning, the first time I’d ever decided to “get up and go to church.” I wasn’t sure I belonged, but when the preacher said, “He is risen” I joined in on the reply, “He is risen indeed!” … Continue reading →

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God, Are You There?

Posted on January 20, 2020 by mitchteemley

Connecting With God The trajectory of my life is toward God. Now. But it wasn’t always. My first few decades were spent racing in the opposite direction. I was raised a practical atheist, by which I mean God was simply … Continue reading →

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