THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: middle class life

to the bottom

Sep 27—2025

aging, Alcoholism, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships

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garden city

Sep 7—2025

family, marriage, middle class life, raising kids

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ragers

Aug 22—2025

Faith, family, journaling, middle class life, nature

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power and energy

Aug 12—2025

Creative Writing, Fatherhood, memories, middle class life, Parenthood, short stories

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Breaking

Jul 6—2025

addiction, Alcoholism, literary fiction, middle class life, Relationships, small town life, Sobriety, Writing

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The 45th Parallel

Jul 3—2025

addiction, Alcoholism, death and dying, grief, literary fiction, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, short stories, Sobriety

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second day of summer

Jun 22—2025

aging, death and dying, family, literary fiction, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, writers on writing, Writing

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shake it out

Jun 21—2025

family life, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, writers on writing, Writing

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our thursday best

Jun 19—2025

creativity, grief, literary fiction, middle class life, Recovery, short stories, writers on writing

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drinking buddies

Jun 7—2025

addiction, Alcoholism, Creative Writing, literary fiction, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, small town life, Sobriety, Writing

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clogged

May 24—2025

aging, Anxiety, creativity, middle class life, Recovery, Writing, writing blogs

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On “maple hills”…a story from the book, DEVOTION

May 20—2025

Books, literary fiction, marriage, middle class life, parenting, reading, Relationships, Writing, writing blogs

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DEVOTION by K.J. STEVENS

Mar 18—2025

addiction, Alcoholism, literary fiction, middle class life, Recovery, short stories, 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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grind it out

Nov 16—2024

addiction, aging, Alcoholism, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Writing

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the climb

Oct 2—2024

aging, Anxiety, Creative Writing, family life, marriage, middle class life, Sobriety, Walking

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differences in the morning

Sep 7—2024

Anxiety, Creative Writing, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, Writing, writing blogs

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too simple to explain

Apr 30—2024

addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Creative Writing, family life, Fatherhood, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Writing

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reaching

Apr 16—2024

addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, family, marriage, middle class life, poetry, Recovery, Relationships, 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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