Terry Pace
Good morning Insulin
By Francis Grant, Jr. Good morning daily stories well written by those with dry throats and teeth missing those with pricked and sore...
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Terry Pace
Jun 14, 20202 min read
Letter to Grandma
By Francis Grant, Jr. I made it home surprised I survived . . The food was good. The people were great. The doctor said cancer. Now I...
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Terry Pace
May 29, 20204 min read
Go Tell It On The Mountain
By James Baldwin Baldwin was born in 1924 in Harlem, New York. His first of many critically acclaimed books was the novel "Go Tell It On...
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May 28, 20202 min read
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
By Buddy Guy This is probably one of the top 50 best blues songs ever written. Powerful and seemingly direct with it's moaning &...
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May 25, 20204 min read
A Memorial Day Conversation with my Dad in Absence
By Terry M Pace (1978/1994/2020) Dad, I can’t be judged so easily by your standards, my generation hasn’t had the same chance or...
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May 15, 202014 min read
It May Not Be Good but It’s Cold
By Terry M Pace (2000/2020) One of the joys of my life was growing up with so many good friends. And as goofy as most of us were, once in...
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May 12, 20202 min read
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams (1986) by Barry Lopez (1945) is a National Book Award winner. I have read many of Barry Lopez's books. Each one has it's...
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May 11, 20203 min read
Will It Ever Change
By Luther Allison (RIP 1939-1997). Chicago style blues from one of the great masters. And a song here that is pure blues with it's...
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May 11, 20201 min read
Counting Ribs (for my Uncle OB)
One two three… Hold on now! Hold still! Over and over One two three… The simple game Of counting ribs One two three… Uncle OB and me In...
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May 10, 20201 min read
I Want to Be Like You (for Ronnie)
I want a radio Like you listen to I want new boots Brown, like you wear I want a car To drive like you I want a hand Just like yours Why...
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Terry Pace
May 7, 20202 min read
Most of All
Most of All is a song from Brandi Carlile's 2018 album By The Way I Forgive You. Carlile (1981) is an all-around singer-songwriter,...
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Apr 26, 20202 min read
Leaving Mississippi
By James A. Autry Part of me never left and another part is always leaving, leaving Mississippi but never gone. “Jimmy when you gonna...
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Apr 22, 20202 min read
Testimony: 1968
By Rita Dove Who comforts you now that the wheel has broken? No more princes for the poor. Loss whittling you thin. Grief is the constant...
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Terry Pace
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Soul of a Man
The song Soul of a Man was recorded in 1930 by the gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945). The album where this song...
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Terry Pace
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
By Tracy Kidder The book Mountains Beyond Mountains was published in 2003, by the American writer, Tracy Kidder (1945). This is one of...
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Apr 18, 202016 min read
April 19, 1995: My Story
By Terry M Pace (April 19, 2020) On Wednesday morning of April 19, 1995 I had a morning of private psychotherapy patients scheduled at my...
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Apr 17, 202010 min read
Weathering the Storms of Life
By Terry M Pace (2020) The old cellar had been dug deep in the ground and finished with strong reinforced concrete all around. The heavy...
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Terry Pace
Apr 11, 20202 min read
Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie
Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (1997) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (1939). Dunbar-Ortiz is a native of Oklahoma growing up here in the 1940's and...
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Apr 8, 20202 min read
Summer's End
The song Summer's End by John Prine (RIP 1946 - 2020) appeared on his final studio album The Tree of Forgiveness, which won Americana...
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Apr 8, 20202 min read
Everything is Gonna be Alright
The song Everything is Gonna be Alright appeared on Guy Davis (1952) album You Don't Know My Mind (1998). Davis is a terrific guitar...
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