Category Archives: Writing

A Poem: A Box of Christmas Memories

Posted on December 21, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

Originally posted on Ends and Beginnings:
Photo credit-Author A tree stands in a room filled with lights and trinkets of the past Ornaments on display refresh our memory of glitter and glue Gifts of first graders proudly offered to mothers…

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I do declare Miss Lindsey is mad again!

Posted on July 6, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

So, Miss Lindsey Graham, Senator of South Carolina, plans on challenging the grand jury subpoena she received seeking her testimony as part of an investigation into possible criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 election by Ronald Frump and his allies. The … Continue reading →

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I still don’t have it

Posted on July 5, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

Once upon a time I might have been good looking, never in a George Clooney or Denzel Washington kind of way, but I probably had a few years where I was 7 maybe an 8 on a good day. It … Continue reading →

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YOU’RE IN A CULT

Posted on January 18, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

Among the many stickers I have on my car I have two that aren’t very popular in my neck of the woods, the red state of South Carolina. One reads, “HE LOST IN A FAIR ELECTION” and the second one, … Continue reading →

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Charlie Watts

Posted on August 24, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

One of my top five favorite songs in the whole world is Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones. The second you hear Keith Richards’ eerie opening guitar riff you know exactly what the song is. It is a dramatic beginning, subtle, with simple … Continue reading →

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We are but a mist

Posted on August 19, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“Yes I understand, That every life must end, As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, Oh I’m a lucky man, To count on both hands, The ones I love, Some folks just have one, Yeah others they … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Inc.

Posted on July 8, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

My wife and I lived in Wilmington, NC when we first got married. We were both a long way from home in a town that we had no family living close by and no money so “fun” on a Friday … Continue reading →

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The business of death

Posted on May 18, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

In South Carolina there is a lottery every year to hunt Alligators. Applicants pay a $10.00 non-refundable fee and if chosen, by a random computer drawing, pay $100 for an Alligator hunting permit and a tag that allows them to … Continue reading →

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When grownups are in charge

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

My kids are young adults, 30 and 27. They are both independent young ladies making their way in the world. But occasionally I still get a call to help them navigate a task that they both refer to as “adulting”. … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh

Posted on February 25, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. In my sixty years of living, I have gone through several different cycles. I was … Continue reading →

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