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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.

What Does Christmas Mean to You?

On December 24, 2017December 9, 2018 By stsampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

Every year at Christmas, I wait for a certain feeling to reach me. And at some point, it always does.

Why Metalfest Matters

On September 24, 2017 By stsampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

What I've learned from banging out beats behind my most metal friends and neighbors.

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