Monthly Archives: February 2020

Mercredi des Cendres

When I was a kid growing up in the mostly Protestant, rural edge of northwest Louisiana, we didn’t get out of school for Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday for the non-Francophiles). I’m not sure when colleges and universities began making it … Continue reading

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Swimming Lessons

#1 – A second is a long damn time. 2 seconds might as well be forever. #2 – The 400 IM is marginally worse than the 200 Fly in short course and exponentially worse in long course. #3 – It’s … Continue reading

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My Granola

Some days I feel like Jerry Clower at the Resort Hotel looking for the TV to watch some SEC football.   California is so different from Louisiana, I sometimes think this is a dream. In all of my imagining, my current … Continue reading

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DelRey Chronicles

It’s a Long, Hard Journey Home perfectly expresses the sentiment of the series which follows ex-priest Jeremiah DelRey as he travels across the country thwarting demons and delaying the Apocalypse. These stories have rattled around in my head since 2011. … Continue reading

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