Category: collaboration
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Arguing with God
My homeless friend Raven is back. He has a very myopic view of God. He is convinced that when I am arguing with him I am arguing with God. He believes God is omnipotent which is very common. Hardly anyone actually wrestles with the problem of evil. An all powerful god is complicit with the…
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The Sweetest Thing
Brandon and William came over tonight. Brandon’s girlfriend LeeAnn was with The four boys, Stephanie, and me. Ben had a very hard time watching the movie with us but he let it play when everybody else did. After everyone went home I asked Ben if he had fun with Brandon and Will? He answered “love…
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Another Good Day
I’m good. I didn’t need to get dressed today. I took a shower and got right into clean jammies. William did his laundry this evening. We had hamburgers and shared with my homeless friend Raven. He agreed to do dishes which was helpful. Things are quiet again and I finished my last beer.
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Real and Necessary
Today started with a struggle. Stephanie went on vacation and the boys are a handful on my own. But she came home early because she found herself and didn’t like the experience of being completely alone. But the struggle turned into gratitude for each other.
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Me and the Boys
Stephanie is taking a sabbatical this weekend. She is at the Cave of the Mound to be inside the earth. She is probably communing with Heavenly Mother tonight. The boys and I are doing alright without her. The past few times she’s gotten out of the house overnight without us have been in the hospital.…
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New Year, New Microwave
My life is never dull. Ben started screaming because our microwave did not heat his chicken nuggets. Upon examination the heating element had fail. The timer ran, the light turned on, and the plate spun, but the nuggets came out frozen. He tried several more times to heat them then ate them frozen. That motivated…
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Liminal Time
The space between Christmas and New Years is a strange time in the USA. We have goals that we all put off for next year. We procrastinate our collective salvation. I am drifting. The winter is cold and I’ve got what I need. Stephanie is not quite as liminal as I am. Alex’s day program…
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Painting
For Christmas my granddaughter sent me an acrylic paint set. It didn’t come with brushes but Stephanie ordered a pack that came today. I am slowly working my way into a space where I can do some actual physical painting. I’ve never made a serious attempt at it before. Wish me luck, and as always…
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The Day After Christmas 25
It’s been a quiet day. Lots of sleeping and a little beer. The house is covered with boxes and wrapping paper. I assembled a chair for Stephanie. There’s a lot of debris from that in an ugly little pile. But both garbage bins were already full last night and now that they’ve been picked up…