THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: Hope

observe and report

May 27—2025

blogging, Creative Writing, Hope, literary fiction, writers on writing

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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 last push

Mar 18—2023

aging, Depression, family life, Hope, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Relationships, small town life, Sobriety

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distillation

Jun 16—2021

Creative Writing, family, Hope, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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awake again

Nov 13—2020

blogging, christmas, COVID-19, Creative Writing, family, Hope, reading, small town life, Uncategorized, Writing, 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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a simple particle

Jul 7—2020

blogging, Creative Writing, Hope, LIving a good life, middle class life, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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mindset

May 20—2020

Hope, poetry, Uncategorized, 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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making bacon during COVID-19

Mar 30—2020

blogging, COVID-19, Creative Writing, family, family life, Fatherhood, Flash fFiction, Hope, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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our last day

Mar 20—2020

Creative Writing, family, Fatherhood, Flash fFiction, global warming, Hope, literary fiction, Love, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, reading, Relationships, short stories, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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to S.B. on her birthday

Mar 19—2020

Creative Writing, family life, Hope, LIving a good life, Love, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, poetry, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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a work in progress

Feb 25—2020

Being a dad, blogging, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, LIving a good life, Love, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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the giving

Dec 14—2019

Being a dad, blogging, christmas, Creative Writing, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, Good vs Evil, holidays, Hope, making ends meet, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, sex offenders, Writing, writing blogs

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two-face and smiling darkside

Sep 7—2019

Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, Love, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Relationships, writing blogs

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summer vacation

Aug 25—2019

Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, Faith, family, Fatherhood, Hope, LIving a good life, Love, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, small town life, summer vacation, Writing, writing blogs

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Been Here Before

Jul 27—2019

belief, Belief systems, Believe, blogging, Creative Writing, Death, death and dying, deja vu, Depression, dying, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, Freewriting, Ghosts, God, Good vs Evil, Hope, life, Life after Death, life and death, Life on Earth, LIving a good life, Love, middle class life, near death experiences, Parenthood, poetry, Recovery, Relationships, Religion, Writing, writing blogs

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