THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: Being a dad

a little about “burying mr. beasley”

Jun 11—2025

Being a dad, daughters, family life, Fatherhood, grief, life and death, literary fiction, Parenthood, Pets, raising kids, Recovery

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bird, apple, orange

Jun 24—2021

Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, family, marriage, middle class life, parenting, poetry, Uncategorized

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ripe for the taking

Jan 31—2021

Alcoholism, Being a dad, blogging, family life, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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“Do it because…”

Jan 17—2021

Being a dad, family life, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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unrest

Jan 4—2021

Alcoholism, Being a dad, blogging, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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8:53 am

Dec 24—2020

Alcoholism, Being a dad, cats, family, family life, Fatherhood, michigan poets, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, pet ownership, Pets, poetry, raising kids, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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a month and three days

Dec 6—2020

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Being a dad, blogging, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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a month and two days

Dec 5—2020

Alcoholism, Being a dad, blogging, family life, Fatherhood, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, pet ownership, Pets, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized

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unicorns, ice cream, and balloons

Sep 17—2020

America, Anxiety, Being a dad, Belief systems, family, family life, Life on Earth, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Relationships, small town life, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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life doesn’t wait for backed up sewer lines

Sep 10—2020

Being a dad, Creative Writing, family, family life, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Relationships, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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raising kids–it’s a crapshoot

Aug 11—2020

America, Being a dad, Belief systems, family, family life, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing

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above and below

Jul 26—2020

Alcoholism, Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, Depression, family, family life, Fatherhood, Fishing, Freewriting, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, small town life, Uncategorized

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backroaders

Jun 8—2020

Being a dad, Creative Writing, Dads and Daughters, daughters, family, Fishing, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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another year

Jun 4—2020

Being a dad, family life, Fatherhood, Fishing, middle class life, non-fiction, poetry, protest, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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a family walk

May 18—2020

Being a dad, Creative Writing, family, family life, Fatherhood, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, Relationships, small town life, Uncategorized, Walking, Writing

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Trout River

May 17—2020

Being a dad, Dads and Daughters, daughters, family, family life, Fatherhood, Fishing, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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bodies in motion

May 15—2020

Anxiety, Being a dad, Belief systems, Creative Writing, death and dying, Depression, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, life, life and death, Life on Earth, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, reading, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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shove it down

May 11—2020

Anxiety, Being a dad, Depression, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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thirty-five degrees

May 9—2020

Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, death and dying, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, life and death, literary fiction, Love, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, reading, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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Alpena April Morning

Apr 20—2020

America, Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, LIving a good life, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, poetry, raising kids, reading, small town life, Writing, writing blogs

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