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A Man's Spirit Journey: February 2014

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Friday, February 21, 2014. Today, I am healing from surgery, from lasers cutting eyelid skin, sutures lifting and resizing my eyelids, restoring my peripheral vision I am healing so that I can experience the world in a richer, more complete way. This process is a metaphor of my struggles as a man, to be able to see my wounds, and to take the steps I need to heal, and to be a complete, whole man.

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A Man's Spirit Journey: May 2015

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Friday, May 29, 2015. This was a week of planting flowers. A few days ago, I’m able to tend some flowers in our town’s community garden. Over a cup of coffee, a young man and I talk about changing attitudes in this community. Two street preachers have periodically shown up on Main Street, condemning homosexual love, accosting young people, telling them they are going to hell. Bigotry and fear ru...

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A Man's Spirit Journey: Gathering At The Tree Stump

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Monday, April 6, 2015. Gathering At The Tree Stump. He knelt down by the fresh stump, his finger counting the rings. 8220;Thirty seven,” he said. 8220;Smell it, taste it if you want,” I said. “You can taste the freshness of pine.”. Only one man was brave enough to take me up on my offer, touching his finger to the fresh gob of pine pitch, his eyes widening when his tongue confirmed my opinion.

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A Man's Spirit Journey: April 2014

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Friday, April 11, 2014. He tightens each string, checking the tuning, a smile creeping over his face as he realizes his violin now has a clearer, brand new tone. Yes, he can do this. He can restring his violin, a new task is learned, and a big accomplishment is made. We work quietly, offering each other suggestions, each contributing a finger to hold a string, or add a bit of tension, only a wor...

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A Man's Spirit Journey: January 2015

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Mentoring Boys to Men: Climbing Their Own Walls is Now Published. I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Mentoring Boys to Men: Climbing Their Own Mountains. This is available in print on amazon.com. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. And Hidden Acres Nursery and Cafe Botanica. Is available at Amazon. Mentoring Boys to Men: Climbing Their Own Mountains.

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A Man's Spirit Journey: December 2014

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Sunday, December 21, 2014. Commitment, Change, and Solstice. Commitment, Change and Solstice. It is easy to do nothing. It is easy to not take a step, not to have that intent to move forward. Inertia is on the side of the procrastinator, if one never plans to achieve anything. Doing nothing means I intend nothingness. What do I want to accomplish? What is on my “to do” list? Implicit in this mot...

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A Man's Spirit Journey: March 2014

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Sunday, March 30, 2014. Life is precious and wonderful. I learned that lesson again this week, a week of turmoil, grief, and new beginnings. We loaded up all of his worldly possessions into my car, and drove off into the early morning gloam, the heavy rain attempting to drown our joy of that moment, and the prospects of a bright life ahead for this young man. We greeted the dawn at the beach, hi...

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A Man's Spirit Journey: Just As, a Review

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Sunday, March 8, 2015. Just As, a Review. My friend, Julius Jortner, just published his first book of poems. Just As. Is available at Amazon, and is a treasure. Here's my review I posted on Amazon:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Judge Neal Lemery Publishes New Book. Muse of South Prairie. What Men Dare Do! Book Review: The Golden Notebook. Apples and Young Men. Just As, a Review.

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A Man's Spirit Journey: Apples and Young Men

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A Man's Spirit Journey. My search into my soul, and pondering who I am, where I am from, and where I am going. Saturday, March 21, 2015. Apples and Young Men. I was there to teach, to demonstrate how to care for apple trees, getting them ready for a season of growth, of new fruit. The young men gathered around me, curious about the sprayer I had brought, my long plastic gloves, my eye goggles. Their lives, too, nourished, weeded, fertilized, pruned and guided into healthy new growth, strengthened by the ...