THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: Faith

baxter the clown

Sep 4—2025

Alcoholism, Faith, literary fiction, short stories

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walking with my wife

Aug 28—2025

aging, death and dying, Faith, literary fiction, Writing

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ragers

Aug 22—2025

Faith, family, journaling, middle class life, nature

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letting go of gravity

Nov 30—2024

Anxiety, Creative Writing, death and dying, Faith, family, Hope, Love, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, poetry, Recovery, Sobriety, Writing

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a little bump

Feb 9—2024

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Creative Writing, Depression, Faith, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, raising kids, Recovery, Sobriety

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winter

Jan 20—2024

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Creative Writing, Faith, family, literary fiction, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, Writing

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New Year’s Eve Morning – 2023

Dec 31—2023

Anxiety, Depression, Faith, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Sobriety

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unfinished

Oct 7—2023

aging, Belief systems, Creative Writing, Faith, family, Ghosts, marriage, memories, michigan poets, middle class life, parenting, poetry, Recovery, Sobriety, Writing

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one in a million

Apr 8—2023

aging, Birds, Creative Writing, Faith, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Writing

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a dog and his man

Apr 1—2023

aging, Anxiety, Creative Writing, Faith, family, middle class life, Pets, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, Uncategorized, Writing

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a slow start to the morning

Mar 22—2023

aging, Faith, family life, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety

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debts of regret

Feb 11—2023

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Faith, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, parenting, raising kids, Recovery, Sobriety

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get out and stay out

Sep 16—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Faith, family, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, suicide

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9:30 am, Saturday Morning

Aug 6—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Faith, family, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, writing blogs

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i like it

Sep 21—2021

Faith, family, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, writing blogs

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next

Aug 25—2021

Faith, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Sobriety, writing blogs

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our big trip

Aug 15—2021

Faith, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Uncategorized, writing blogs

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crossing the road

Aug 30—2020

Anxiety, Creative Writing, Faith, family, family life, Hope, middle class life, nature, small town life, Uncategorized, Writing

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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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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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