The Ebullient Escritoire

Month: November 2023

  • The Fall (to be enunciated as one would Monty Python’s “The Larch”).

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    The Fall Life happens so quickly. You’re standing in the middle of the highway of life looking down the road toward the future, and on the glistening, heat-baked asphalt is the tiny, wavy, mirage-like  image of a vehicle headed toward you. You know instinctively that the vehicle is your future. You‘re enjoying your daily snack…

  • It wasn’t supposed to end this way

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    The Cornhuskers were 5-3 after our win over Purdue game (a game that I attended), and I knew that in the last four games we should be able to win at least one, enabling us to reach the magical six wins to be bowl eligible. I also — seriously — thought that we had a…

  • It Is Well!

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    Change happens. With chronic illness, change isn’t always in the right direction. But here we are … what are we going to learn from it? This has been an exciting fall for me. First, there is Nebraska football. I won’t ago into details, but the gist of it was that I get to see Husker…

  • Jesus and the Game

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    “Enjoying the game?” asked the man sitting next to me.I glanced over and recognized him immediately.“Oh, hi Jesus,” I said. “How long have you been sitting here?”“Since the start of the game” he said with a smile.“You mean you’ve been here for three innings and I haven’t noticed you?”“That’s about right,” he said.I guess I’ve…