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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sep 8, 20244 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #47: A Change in the Air
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. What a difference a...
jamesbriankerr
Aug 23, 20245 min read
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When A Hero Becomes A Friend
It’s not often in life that we get a chance to meet our heroes and, even better, become friends with them. Over the past three years,...
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Aug 10, 20244 min read
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Want to Travel? Don't Wait. Seize the Day!
This article originally appeared in HumbleDollar I am not a particularly well-traveled man. I will be turning 65 at the end of this year...
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Jul 27, 20244 min read
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Remembering the Days We Went Outside to Escape the Heat
Another week in the cooker here in Pennsylvania. As I write this, it’s ten o’clock on a Monday morning and already it’s 85 degrees...
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Jul 15, 20244 min read
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Peaceable Man Files #46: Rain, Blessed Rain
Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. After two weeks of...
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Jun 27, 20243 min read
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