“The time until Sunday morning went by so slowly that it ached, and after she spoke with him about meeting the next day, that time flew by so quickly there were a few moments she thought she felt the breeze in her hair.”
Instead of Burning Down a Pharmacy, Why Not Write a Stern Letter?
Letter to the Editor: Thank you SO much for this post. You are the ONLY person, let alone authority figure, that I have seen who has not condemned Chauvin (though he may be fully ...
Unwanted Weight
“Thomas felt like one of the stones from the brook had somehow made it into his stomach, one of the rounded ones the size of a couple of fists.”
Defund the Thought Police
Introduction: A lot of people are being distracted by the stupid element in all of this. They see, for example, that the Minneapolis City Council actually voted to defund their police department, or the mayor of New York City saying that he wants to cut funding for their policing back, and so on, and they …
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Which They Catch in a Minute
“As one Puritan put it, they sin till they’re out of breath.”
Good Tip
No, Really
“That’s the thing about truisms. They are often true.”
An Aggrieved Suitor
“He could not win her heart, as he well knew, but he was pretty sure he could have an impact on her heart. What he wanted to do was leave a rude dent in it.”
Hot Gospel for Heated Times
Introduction: Inspirational thoughts go better with a sunset. What I would like to do is to bring the good news of the grace of God to those in the grip of our current imbecilities, but I would ...
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Eats Through Anything
“It was not a slight prideful vanity, but a corrosive and acidic pride, the kind that would degrade any intelligence that tried to hold it like a container.”