THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: small town life

Breaking

Jul 6—2025

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

Apr 14—2023

aging, Anxiety, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Relationships, small town life, 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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morning routine

Apr 3—2023

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

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winter marriages

Mar 28—2023

aging, Creative Writing, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, small town life, Sobriety, 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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at least for now

Mar 21—2023

Anxiety, Creative Writing, creativity, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, small town life, 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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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 strange moment in the morning

Jan 14—2023

Alcoholism, Anxiety, blogging, Creative Writing, Depression, family, marriage, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Writing, writing blogs

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garbage day

Aug 10—2022

family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Writing

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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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the obvious

Jun 27—2021

blogging, family, marriage, middle class life, Relationships, small town life, summer vacation, Uncategorized, Walking

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backroads

Jun 10—2021

family life, middle class life, off roading, raising kids, small town life, summer vacation, Travel

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less

May 26—2021

Creative Writing, daughters, family, Fatherhood, middle class life, parenting, poetry, raising kids, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, 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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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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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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