Tag Archives: parenting

The Importance of Fathers

Posted on September 23, 2017 by labeak52

    As you know, if you read this blog regularly, I’ve been reading Eudora Welty’s memoir, One Writer’s Beginnings.  She delves deeply into her early life, how her parents surrounded her with books and read to her in their … Continue reading →

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mid-day poem, February 10, 2016

Posted on February 10, 2016 by labeak52

  ‘ Walk along the creeks And you will see the trees awakening Even now The sycamore and birch Soundlessly siphon living water Through root, trunk and branch Drawn by light. . In only days, the oak and hickory On … Continue reading →

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Evening Post, October 18, 2015

Posted on October 18, 2015 by labeak52

Here is a new installment to a story I started blogging here back in June.  If you’re interested, you can scroll back and find the other five or six posts. The boy hoped and knew that his father would go … Continue reading →

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Overtime: A Basketball Parable (Chapter 21)

Posted on September 30, 2015 by labeak52

21. To tell the truth, there was another reason I hated Brandon Murphy. I looked toward the 1979-80 season with the kind of hope and optimism and even confidence that I had not dared for seven or eight years. After … Continue reading →

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Overtime: A Basketball Parable (Chapter 20)

Posted on September 29, 2015 by labeak52

Hey, faithful readers!  Here is chapter 20.  Hope you’re enjoying the read.  If you want to get the book, click here. 20. It was one of the benefits of being a single basketball coach in a small town that you … Continue reading →

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