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Riding w/ Strangers #1: The Real Story of Clyde

“I am grateful for the weight of my pack & the icy thunder all around & then the welcome smile of brake lights & I’m trading stories w/ a farmer turned trucker & opening my coat against the heat & … Continue reading

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Excerpts from the Black Basic Book Journal

I’ve used journals to record thoughts and work out poems, plays and others writings ever since high school. After one is full, I usually revisit it several months later and find little bits that hadn’t made it into a finished … Continue reading

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An Appeal to Trump Supporters

When I was a kid, we sang a song in Sunday school that went “they will know we are Christians by our love.” The meaning, we were taught, was that our deeds, based in love, would show the world who … Continue reading

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