For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 30
Goats drink a lot of water, even in colder weather, I thought as I waited for their trough to fill. Hopefully, this will be my third and last…
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08/16/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Little Donny Four-Indictments fucked around in Georgia and now he’s finding out
Here’s the link to this article. mob boss Donald Trump and 18 of his criminal co-conspirators have been indicted on a total of 41 counts JEFF TIEDRICH AUG…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 29
It was 3:00 PM Saturday afternoon before Spectrum’s serviceman arrived. He was thirty minutes late but had called Ted to let him know. “Sorry, last night’s storm has…
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08/15/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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No, it’s not ‘workism’ that’s killing the church
Here’s the link to this article. by ADAM LEE AUG 14, 2023 Overview: Americans are overworked and overly devoted to the hustle, but that’s not why organized religion is…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 28
Lillian located the cabin’s key without trouble or fanfare. It hung on a nail six feet above the creek on a tree whose roots splayed into the rushing…
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08/14/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote
Here’s the link to this article. The Georgia case offers a vivid reminder of the extraordinary lengths Mr. Trump and his allies went to in the Southern state…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 27
My iPhone beeped an email alert. I exited the Hardee’s restroom in Springville, where I’d relieved myself for the second time in twenty-five minutes. My frequent bathroom breaks…
Richard L. Fricks 