Saturday morning on Spanish Street: pretzel bites, lemonade, and every dog Bella could pet. She rarely waited for permission. The dogs? They always said yes.
The Cape Riverfront Market opened yesterday at 8 AM, thanks to Old Town Cape, Inc. showing up.
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Saturday morning on Spanish Street: pretzel bites, lemonade, and every dog Bella could pet. She rarely waited for permission. The dogs? They always said yes.
The Cape Riverfront Market opened yesterday at 8 AM, thanks to Old Town Cape, Inc. showing up.
https://downtowncapegirardeau.com
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Too experienced. Too educated. Too old. And somehow still not qualified to answer phones. New post at Five Minute Observations.
Some writing happens. The rest is just words. New post on Five Minute Observations - on what a Sunday faith column missed and what one man in a Nissan Versa got right. Link in bio.
A Half Marathon, a Stranger, and the Race I’m Really Running
Mid-race on the City of Roses course, somewhere between the lie and the first hill. The morning air is a lie. I'm climbing out of the Lexus, the cool morning air hits me, mixing with the butterflies in my stomach. Nervous jitters before each race. I know it's a lie. Many of the other runners familiar with Missouri weather know it too.
A prominent man, mentioned briefly. Someone who did the right thing at the right time, when it cost him everything to do it. New post about Joseph of Arimathea.
Five hundred posts. Nine queries out. One tired writer. Then a Saturday morning, coffee in bed, and Alissa reminding me that the work is the showing up. New on the blog.
Three doors.
A diner. A highway. A social media post.
Three stories that have nothing in common, except me showing up, paying attention, and then getting out of the way.
Which one stayed with you?
Link in bio.
A well-told story makes you an audience. Incarnational storytelling makes you a witness. I broke down one of my own stories to show the difference. New on Five Minute Observations. Link in bio.
A budget meeting goes sideways. Words land like scalding coffee. Ten years later, everyone remembers the room, the outfits, the snacks.
What’s in the cave your words come from? And what have you been feeding it?
Told It Gently. New on Five Minute Observations.
