THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: life and death

an illusion

Sep 13—2025

aging, family, journaling, life and death, memories

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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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March 8, 2022 – 6:25 am

Mar 8—2023

aging, Anxiety, life and death, middle class life, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Uncategorized, Writing

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a glimpse of morning

Apr 6—2022

family, life and death, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Sobriety, Writing

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“We want the world, and we want it now.” ~ Jim Morrison

Jun 27—2020

America, blogging, Creative Writing, freedom, freedom of speech, global warming, life and death, Life on Earth, middle class life, poetry, protest, Religion, Revolt, small town life, 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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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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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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color

Jul 9—2019

Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, God, Hope, life, life and death, Life on Earth, LIving a good life, Love, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, Pets, poetry, raising kids, reading, Relationships, Religion, short stories, small town life, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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the never end

Oct 4—2018

Alcoholism, America, Being a dad, belief, blogging, cats, Creative Writing, Depression, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, freedom, Ghosts, God, Good vs Evil, life, life and death, Life on Earth, LIving a good life, losing a pet, Love, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, pet ownership, Pets, writing blogs

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understand

Oct 2—2018

Alcoholism, America, Being a dad, belief, blogging, Creative Writing, Faith, family, Freewriting, God, Good vs Evil, Hope, life, Life after Death, life and death, Life on Earth, writing blogs

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devastation like this

Sep 20—2018

Alcoholism, blogging, Creative Writing, Death, death and dying, Depression, Faith, Good vs Evil, Life after Death, life and death, Life on Earth, LIving a good life, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Religion, Writing, writing blogs

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observe, listen, and record

Feb 26—2017

Being a dad, blogging, Books, Creative Writing, family life, Fatherhood, Freewriting, life and death, Love, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, reading, small town life, Writing, writing blogs

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ghosts on a walk

Nov 15—2016

death and dying, dying, Faith, family life, Ghosts, Life after Death, life and death, marriage, near death experiences, Writing, writing blogs

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A Bag of Dogs

Oct 31—2016

Creative Writing, horror stories, life and death, near death experiences, short stories, Writing, writing blogs

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