Tag Archives: Love

RIP My Best Friend

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Joel D. Hirst

My wife always tells me I have no friends. But that is not exactly true. I had one. Yes, somebody who stuck by me in the best and worst and all of that. But it was more. As I’m digesting … Continue reading →

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To Hate or to #WalkAway

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

Our national discourse has become like that carnival which set up in an abandoned lot on California State Route 180 which we might have gone to as a child. Rising early, we are pushed into our clothes by our excited … Continue reading →

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What’s Right With America

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

A woman and her husband walk their scraggly dog, whistling a tune and chatting privately to each other – a murmuring without words carried by the warm air. A man – home from work – bounces a basketball; a solitary … Continue reading →

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Our Love

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

Love. Epic and quiet. Silent and triumphant. Forever. Not because you wanted it; accidental. No arbitrary date, no atonement for an act of abandon or response to an apology – not a facile request. Love now and forever. Not because … Continue reading →

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Do We Write To Fill A Page?

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

Do we write to fill a page? To see the ink march resolutely across the blankness – ants against a blanket of snow; pepper spilt on the cloth of a fancy dinner table? Or is it because we know that … Continue reading →

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The Old Man And His Eagle

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

The iron-barred door finally shut, marking the end of another maddening day. The old man breathed a sigh of relief, extracting the worn padlock from his brown-jacket pocket and inserting it through the metal rings – slamming it home with … Continue reading →

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I Write This for You

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

We don’t smile that much to each other anymore, my wife and I. Maybe it’s the toll of too many moves; of too many fights. Of too many 6 am mornings since our little man was born. They never tell … Continue reading →

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What was he thinking, the old man in the market?

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Joel D. Hirst

What was he thinking, the old man in the market? The shoppers buzzed around him as they haggled for a final price on a bag of dried meats.  Stands of oranges and apples and pears voluptuous in their allure inspired … Continue reading →

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The Book of Love

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Joel D. Hirst

My life has a sound track.  Often during times of consequence I somehow stumble upon music that defines the moment – and when I do, in my madness I listen and re-listen to the song until it is permanently infused … Continue reading →

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