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Why Do Humans Need to Keep Writing?

On November 7, 2025 By stsampsonIn Musings2 Comments

All humans have lived experiences that we relate to one another with words: We live truths worth telling. Consider the example of a 12-year-old boy, singing at a nursing home in December 1983.

Sometimes the Deep Magic Prevails

On July 12, 2025July 20, 2025 By stsampsonIn Musings3 Comments

Reflections from a wedding on a Blue Ridge mountainside.

Ode to a Woman and a Civil Servant

On March 9, 2025May 16, 2025 By stsampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

My mother taught me that to be a decent human you have to despise cruelty. And she was right.

10,000 Miles and One

On February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 By stsampsonIn Formative Memories5 Comments

Reflections on the journey of one man's best friend.

Love and Other Essentials

On January 30, 2021December 20, 2023 By stsampsonIn Fatherly AdviceLeave a comment

Love isn’t really all you need. But it’s right up there.

Love and Wisdom

On February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 By stsampsonIn Musings6 Comments

Love is wiser than wisdom. Wisdom knows more than knowledge. Knowledge counts more than data.

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