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Lady, to the Rescue!
Meet Lady, the newest member of our family. Lady is a three-year old miniature golden doodle. She's our first rescue dog, and we brought...
jamesbriankerr
7 days ago3 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #57: An Early Morning Walk Before the Heat
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. It’s seven o’clock in...
jamesbriankerr
Jun 253 min read
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Walking in the Footsteps of a Good Father
It's my sixth Father's Day without my father, and every day and week that passes without him, I become more aware of the lasting legacy...
jamesbriankerr
Jun 152 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #56: A Mother Neither Here Nor There
Rachael and I with Mom in the turtle garden during a recent visit. Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of...
jamesbriankerr
Jun 14 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #55: The Merry Month of May
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Ah, the merry month of...
jamesbriankerr
May 73 min read
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Finding Easter's Promise in a House Reborn
After nearly three long years of work, the old farmhouse where I grew up has been renovated and is ready for a new family to move in. My...
jamesbriankerr
Apr 193 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #54: Back to the Body Parts Store
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. It’s time to take this...
jamesbriankerr
Apr 43 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #53: Confessions of a Recovering Ice Cream Junkie
Black raspberry - my favorite! Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life...
jamesbriankerr
Mar 84 min read
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My Dog, My Therapist
The doctor is in. One bone, please! She listens and doesn't judge. She doesn’t take anything I say personally. I suspect this is because...
jamesbriankerr
Feb 153 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #52: Frozen Pipes and Hungry Mice
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. The brutal cold weather...
jamesbriankerr
Feb 14 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #51: Mastering My Ravenous Sweet Tooth
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. I have met the enemy,...
jamesbriankerr
Jan 54 min read
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A Not-So-Merry Christmas
Glenn pictured on Seal Island off the coast of South Africa during a trip a few years ago Our family has lost a very good man. My...
jamesbriankerr
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #50: This Old House Gets a Makeover
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. My older brother has...
jamesbriankerr
Dec 7, 20244 min read
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Living It Up: A Year of Spending Dangerously
This article originally appeared in HumbleDollar. This has been a year of living large in the Kerr household. I just finished adding up...
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Nov 30, 20243 min read
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Making Thanksgiving A Daily Practice
Another Thanksgiving is upon us, and I'm reprising a post I first wrote in 2016 and have been sharing every year since. Much has changed...
jamesbriankerr
Nov 28, 20244 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #49: The Calm After the Election Storm
I stepped out of the house this morning to walk Cassie, and I was struck by how quiet everything was. For the past weeks and months,...
jamesbriankerr
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #48: A Time to Dance
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. To everything there is...
jamesbriankerr
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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My Life as a Human Sled ... or How I Survived Eight Years With a GSP
People sometimes ask me how I’ve managed to stay so thin over the years. I tell them that I am fortunate—or cursed, depending on how you...
jamesbriankerr
Oct 4, 20244 min read
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Practicing Random Acts of Kindness ... in a Nursing Home
I’ve been spending a lot of time of late in the company of elderly people, and I’ve concluded that we human beings don’t lose our unique...
jamesbriankerr
Sep 22, 20244 min read
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The Deep Roots of a Big Catholic Family
I come from a big family. A really big family. No, I mean like, a really  big family. At a time when the nation is having a dialogue...
jamesbriankerr
Sep 8, 20244 min read
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