Archive for January, 2003
Friday, January 31st, 2003
Writer’s Block and The Friday
Writer’s Block and The Friday Five
Recently Hugh over at American Invisible asked me how I manage to be so prolific with my writing here at Eclectic Mind. I told him I just refuse to quit. Since my serious return to blogging two months ago, I’ve cranked out 82,692 words – a good bit of which [...]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2003
Small Town Diversions
A craggy bluff overlooks the Little Town and just behind it, in a natural amphitheatre, the Men’s Bible Class puts on a pageant or passion play every Easter. Most locals have some story associated with the production. Papa played the centurion at the foot of the cross for years and Mama helped make the costumes. [...]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2003
Blogus Interruptus Gentle Readers, I’ve
Blogus Interruptus
Gentle Readers, I’ve just survived more than an hour on the phone with the broker and my desk is screaming “paper work, now!” It will be this evening before I have the daily musings for you, but I think it might be interesting since it will involve hang gliders, circus tents, and flea markets. [...]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2003
My Father Was A Pilot
My Father Was A Pilot
Being a pilot played a major role in my father’s self-image and identity. For at least the first ten years of my life he kept a private plane. The one I remember best was a brown and white four seater with the call signal 7640-Papa. In it, we often flew to [...]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2003
Family Vacations Writing yesterday about
Family Vacations
Writing yesterday about going down the Sheffield hill on my family’s annual pilgrimage to the horse races in Ruidoso, New Mexico set me to thinking about family vacations. The drive to Ruidoso always occurred over Labor Day weekend though there were times when we’d go more than once in a year. I gauged distance [...]
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Monday, January 27th, 2003
A Family Portrait As a
A Family Portrait
As a young married man, my grandfather traveled around West Texas building windmills for a living. He’s the tall one in the back row of the photo on the right. His wife sits in front of him holding their oldest daughter, a baby destined to become a woman who would die at the [...]
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Sunday, January 26th, 2003
I Like My Movies Old
I Like My Movies Old
Yesterday before my discovery of the pending demolition of the Ford Motor Company in the Little Town, I had intended to write about Movie Night. For more than seven years a group of seven regulars and some occasionals have met on Wednesday night for dinner and a movie. We’re a most [...]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2003
Demolishing a Local Landmark This
This morning I made the mistake of looking at the newspaper website for the Little Town. There I read that the Ford Motor Company building, a fixture of Main Street since 1924, will be torn down to make way for a more “modern” structure to house an electrical coop. Suddenly the coffee in my cup [...]
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Friday, January 24th, 2003
To Joshua at UA, I’ve
To Joshua at UA, I’ve been Josh too long
Thanks for your kind comments, Josh. I can’t find an email link to you but I’m very interested in what your class is doing. Can’t help it. A little bit of me is still a prof. Drop me a line if you get a chance and thanks [...]
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Friday, January 24th, 2003
Speaking
During my first semester of graduate school I served as an assistant to the man who would become my thesis advisor. He lectured; I took attendance and graded bluebooks. Essentially it meant I was taking freshman history all over again, but since my chair was directly in front of his podium, I did not have [...]
