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Month: December 2016

Taking Out the Tree

December 27, 2016January 1, 2017 / jamesrneal / 2 Comments

Note: This short story was originally published on Amazon and Smashwords and is forthcoming on Kobo and Nook (Barnes and Noble). I've provided it here so as many as might wish can read it for free. If you enjoy it, please go to Amazon and leave a review. You don't have to buy it there: … Continue reading Taking Out the Tree

Farewell to my Pseudo-Self

December 23, 2016January 1, 2017 / jamesrneal / 10 Comments

The poet Theodore Roethke once admonished his readers to "Be sure that whatever you are is you." That's sound enough advice. But, like a lot of good advice, it goes largely unheeded in contemporary society. Most of us, at times, transform ourselves in a thousand small ways to fit the expectations, desires and prejudices of … Continue reading Farewell to my Pseudo-Self

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Decompressing with a bit of etching tonight. Top half of an Irish whiskey bottle. Will be a goblet. #glassetching #glassart #christian
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