Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
By Nathan
This summer, Mary spent a good bit of time gardening. I had to move a lot of dirt when I built the addition, s0 I created three new raised bed gardens marked out by concrete blocks behind the house. They…
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While I was at Thursday night’s Chamber of Commerce dinner, I got a call from my wife. I didn’t answer immediately because I was talking to someone else, and I consider taking phone calls in the middle of a conversation…
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Last Saturday night, as I was preparing to take my wife on an all too infrequent date, I went out to check on the school van. Three friends and I pooled resources to buy a 15 passenger van to take…
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If you’ve lived any time in the South, you’ve probably seen a bug zapper. Miraculous inventions. They emit a calm blue light that is irresistible to bugs. Mosquitos, flies, all kinds of creeping, biting things fly entranced towards its siren…
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Every week, I attend a bible study with several men who live in my neck of the woods. A while ago, my father-in-law (who also happens to be my next-door neighbor) mentioned how much he enjoyed fishing with dynamite. Jerry…
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“THERE’S A BIRD IN MY HOUSE!” “What!?!” “THERE’S A BIRD IN MY HOUSE!” “Is that an observation, or a request for help?” My friend Andy and I got up from our seats around the first bonfire of the year and…
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