Blog | Philip Eugene Timm

Jan 28, 20227 min read

Christmas, Ohio - 1961

It’s Christmas Eve. I am 12 Years old. I have been a good boy this year. I am kneeling on the iron heating register and praying for my...

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Dec 18, 20218 min read

Merci Marci

The world is not made of atoms, it is made of stories. There are stories we have heard or read, stories we tell ourselves, and stories we...

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Nov 12, 20218 min read

Acedia

I don’t want to do this anymore. I am so done with this. How did I ever get to think this is what I was meant to do with my life? I am...

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Oct 12, 20213 min read

The Twelfth of October

Five years have passed since Megan died. On the anniversary of her death, I weeded and mulched the trees in the back orchard as a way of...

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Jul 27, 20219 min read

Red Bandana

Kevin wears a red bandana around his forehead. He sprinkles it with holy water. He wears it all the time, even while sleeping. Kevin is...

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Jul 7, 20212 min read

Look At Me Now

Jerry handed me the shotgun. I had never killed anything before. Jerry stood off to the side with his two brothers, Ken and Steve. These...

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Jun 24, 20217 min read

Sauntering With Phil

“I don't like either the word [hike] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not 'hike!' Do you know the origin of that...

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Jun 16, 20214 min read

Red Pearls

At this singular spot on the Sea of Japan, bright blue-white bubbles float one or two meters above the water. As the bubbles burst,...

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May 29, 20217 min read

Twelve Rhetoricals and One Declarative

Twelve Rhetoricals and One Declarative. 1. If your parents are dead and your only sibling, who is approaching 250 pounds and lives...

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May 13, 202111 min read

Streaming Gomorrah

I know where John lives. I have visited. I do not care to live there. John was a friend of mine but after running my monthly “My Friends”...

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May 1, 202112 min read

Schadenfreude

Billy spits when he talks. All the time. This is annoying. What’s amazing is that Billy cannot read nor write. Billy works hard, almost...

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Apr 11, 20217 min read

Baba

Baba is leaning over our backyard fence. We are talking tomatoes. Baba lives next door with her son Richard, his wife Mary, and their...

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Mar 31, 20216 min read

And Then There Was Hugh

Hugh Creveling was my friend. I was Hugh’s friend. I have a host of friends (thank God) and a number of very good friends. Hugh seemed to...

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Mar 21, 20217 min read

Cousin Barbara

After a recent post of mine, my cousin Barbara commented I should write more. “It’s a gift”, she said. Not realizing what she has done,...

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Mar 11, 20213 min read

My Friend, Bob Carleton

My friend Bob Carleton has experienced that dramatic change of address that awaits us all. He died on February 25th. Bob and I were...

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Dec 31, 20203 min read

New Year - 2021

The clocks have just chimed 12 indicating the last day of 2020. I have two such clocks and it’s important to me that they chime together....

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