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Family Like Syrup
Last weekend was a big one for Michigander Scott Spry, syrup-er extraordinaire. He collected thirty gallons of sap from the sugar maples...
shawnmariespry
Apr 6, 20194 min read


Eye-Opening
This week, I welcome guest writer Bella Spry, our dear daughter, as she writes a movie review: I first read the book Unplanned a few...
shawnmariespry
Mar 30, 20192 min read


Humble and Kind
I really struggled this week, putting the right words on the page. I now realize that it wasn’t writer’s block, no constipation here....
shawnmariespry
Mar 23, 20194 min read


Number Our Days
When I was around four-years old, I was struck by a car in the street in front of my house in Hazel Park, Michigan. It was a warm summer...
shawnmariespry
Mar 16, 20194 min read


Tenderness Detached = Terror
Have you ever watched CSPAN and cried? I have. Around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. I didn’t have tissue ready, I wasn’t...
shawnmariespry
Mar 9, 20194 min read


Life’s Disappointments
First, the good news. We all experience disappointments, so you’re not alone. And, they can be catalysts for positive change. The bad...
shawnmariespry
Mar 3, 20192 min read


"Nobody wants black babies"
These disgusting words have been uttered to me repeatedly by a man that I meet on a sidewalk. A man of influence. His name is Jacob Kalo....
shawnmariespry
Feb 23, 20194 min read


Blazing Fire
I was made in early October, more than fifty years ago, during the fall of 1969. It was the age of the sexual revolution and “flower...
shawnmariespry
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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