This is an inspiring tale, one that begins in a coffee shop and inspired by a little dog with the same name as our leading lady. Prelude It was in that coffee shop I heard a story—a love story—of a relationship between a keyboardist and a clarinetist. It’s a good one, so bear with me. […]
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It’s okay to follow patterns. Some think you get in a rut if you do the same things in the same pattern regularly. However, sometimes being a “regular “ at certain places is healthy. Lately I’ve become a creature of habit. That is, I’ve started to frequent some of the same establishments on the same
A friend has asked me to write the love story of she and her late husband. Having been in love but not loved back, how do I write it? While I’ve been married twice and have been in several longer-term relationships, I’ve never really been loved back. All of the significant women in my life
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I was just supposed to go away. There we were, cruising along in a relationship and my partner said: “We need to break up.” Hmmm. Really? Why? “I need to find myself. I may never get married again. I might not stay in the state.” And with the snap of her fingers, with a flip
As part of a group of 4 cyclists on our road bikes, we headed out for a lap of White Rock Lake. Things were going well until I fell off the pace about 3 miles into the ride. My girlfriend at the time texted asking where I was. I let her know I’d catch up
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Just about the time you question a higher power, a situation come along or presetns itself toi help you change your point of view. We were returning from our trip to a local coffee shop across a busy street from us. I picked Sal up and was readying to cross the street with the light.
She did it again. Our barista, Diana, and I trade notes. Lists of songs. The youngest barista at our corner coffee shop is the oldest soul. We trade lists of songs and talk about the music they choose to play in the shop. I mean, Bobby Vinton and Jimmy Clanton made her list. And she
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I’ve been on this trail many times. Mostly by bike. On foot with Sal is quite different. We were walking on the The Loop in Tucson and found this bench. It was a custom tile bench dedicated to the memory of someone named Sidney Alan Haynes, an obvious parrothead. It was decorated with a margarita
(This originally appeared as a story in the Ferguson road Initiative’s newsletter. I am a regular contributor to FRI and felt this story a good fit with my series on The Dallas Loop). ***************************** The Trinity Spine Trail is open and providing a welcome diversion to East Dallas residents Everyone from health professionals to nutritionists
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We all need a door opener or conversation starter. To the casual eye she’s blonde, short and doesn’t talk a lot. Sally, my Cairn Terrier, has opened more doors and started more conversations than a number of my human companions. I’ve been invited to meals, gotten jobs, even met local celebrities. Well, that last one
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