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Where's Home?
"And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his...

Mike Dickey
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Flight Lessons
"Above the planet on a wing and a prayer My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the...

Mike Dickey
Mar 25, 20244 min read


Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster." Catherine the Great Today Wyldswood roars with machinery, punctuated by...

Mike Dickey
Mar 22, 20242 min read


Go West Young Man, or Back to the Future
"There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again." -Rumi It started with P and me...

Mike Dickey
Mar 21, 20243 min read


Ennui
"This ennui, for which we Saxons had no name,--this word of France, has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves the...

Mike Dickey
Mar 20, 20243 min read


3.19
"We just don't recognize life's most significant moments while they're happening." -Moonlight Graham, Field of Dreams It started, all of...

Mike Dickey
Mar 19, 20242 min read


Busy
It's damned near four in the afternoon, and I'm just now getting to writing a post. Today's been a blur, with a deposition, calls, a...

Mike Dickey
Mar 14, 20242 min read


The Natural
"My life didn't turn out the way I expected." -Roy Hobbes It's the stupid season in our household, when Peg's forced to deal with my...

Mike Dickey
Mar 13, 20243 min read


Meandering Back onto this Blog
"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment." -William Penn Back...

Mike Dickey
Mar 12, 20243 min read


The Prodigal Cat
A late start to this post after attending a site visit in a construction defect case along with twenty-four other folks. Paid to be...

Mike Dickey
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Come Fly With Me
"The modern airplane creates a new geographical dimension. A navigable ocean of air blankets the whole surface of the globe. There are no...

Mike Dickey
Mar 5, 20244 min read


Pep Rally
He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame His orders come from far away no more They come from here and there and you and me...

Mike Dickey
Feb 28, 20244 min read


Tolerance
"Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense." -Robert Frost Driving back from the gym...

Mike Dickey
Feb 27, 20243 min read
Baruch and the Justice
“Even before birth, all human beings bear the image of God, and their lives cannot be destroyed without effacing his glory.” -Chief...

Mike Dickey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Zealous Advocacy
“About half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should stop.” -Elihu Root...

Mike Dickey
Feb 21, 20244 min read


Acedia
"Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It’s the sin of my middle age, too." — Mignon McLaughlin Here we go...

Mike Dickey
Feb 19, 20242 min read


Beloved
The other morning, I was driving back from the gym and came upon the Spread the Love guy dancing and waving his sign at 23rd Street and...

Mike Dickey
Feb 16, 20242 min read


2.14
"Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes...

Mike Dickey
Feb 14, 20244 min read


Fat Tuesday
"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." -Willie Nelson Having a little trouble getting it in gear this Fat...

Mike Dickey
Feb 13, 20242 min read


The Last Resort
"You can leave it all behind And sail to Lahaina Just like the missionaries did So many years ago They even brought a neon sign "Jesus is...

Mike Dickey
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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