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Blessing with Patience

July 19, 2023 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

I don’t garden. Some people love it -- my wife does. When we built our present home the concept was that it would be low maintenance so we could leave for extended periods of time if we chose. But you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: gardening, Nurturing, patience

Reckless

July 16, 2023 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

A link to a YouTube video version follows the text I’ve got bad news for the Anglican Communion: God is not tidy. As a rule, highly educated and intellectually sophisticated people prefer to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: God is like a sower, parables, Reckless

Top Gun

July 12, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Denim Spirit is back after a June pause Stelgidopteryx serripennis, what a horrible name. It’s common name is not much better: Northern Rough-winged Swallow. This makes it sound raggedy and down and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Focus, Swallow, Top gun

Eating Brussel Sprouts With Albert Camus

July 5, 2023 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

July 2018 Archive I was interviewed recently, related to the launch of a new novel. The very first question stopped me in my tracks and bore an introspective tunnel through my brain separating into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Brussel Sprouts, Camus, Interview

Reflecting on Authenticity

June 28, 2023 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

A Denim Spirit Archive from June 2017 A friend going through divorce once wrote this phrase at the end of an email: “How am I, you have asked? Pretty raw, aching for this to be over, and tinged with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Authenticity, inauthenticity, individuation

A Skin That Fits

June 21, 2023 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

Archive from June, 2016 I desperately want a straight path with two wagon ruts smoothed into it and a little prairie grass growing in between. I want to get on that path and walk toward the horizon, … [Read more...]

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Pain and Suffering

June 14, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

September 2017 Archive I have taken June off from writing my column for the newspaper. I hope you enjoy remembering this one, or for the first time if you missed it originally. Did you ever feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: healing, Pain, Presence

Joy in the Morning

June 7, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Lucy, Olive, Honey, Skippy, and some with names I don’t know, are Rabia’s morning joy. When she sees or smells them coming she quivers and her body gathers in anticipation of leaping from the bench. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Dogs, Humans, joy

The Front Gate of Summer

May 31, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

From my living room and front porch I often observe visitors to the Finger Lakes unloading their cars, trucks, or SUVs and carrying the contents into their nearby temporary airbnb getaway. Sometimes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: airbnbs, Finger Lakes, summer

Subversion

May 24, 2023 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

Unfortunately, subversiveness is a two-way street. Former President Trump and the minion of congressional and state political leaders who support him, have long engaged in a persistent campaign of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: ballot, subversion, Trump

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Each of these posts appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times (NY) as an entry in the weekly series, “Denim Spirit.”

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