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Having reviewed much of what I have written this year, it appears that I have somehow created a false impression […]

I was recently interviewed by Ron Jolly, Northern Michigan’s favorite radio personality. Ron Jolly · Brian Ursu 12-22-25

I have managed to post a blog every week for the last year without losing one of you.  No one […]

If my blog a few weeks ago was more like a journal entry, this one is more like a rant […]

I remember listening to a speaker mention that no one has ever uttered the words, “There, I’m finally all caught […]

This post may seem more like a personal journal entry than a blog post, but I feel that the candor […]

We often use the two above words interchangeably.  However, I would submit that there is more than a subtle difference […]

Pen poised over the notebook, where Sandy had written the date and Dr. Gardner’s name after she had already written […]

Rarely does a fictional character in a novel I read stay with me for much longer than a day or […]

He stared straight ahead at the glass-encased reception window, nervously waiting for his name to be called. Other people were […]

One of the side effects of the movement to Artificial Intelligence is that it requires less of our own imagination […]

One of the most common questions that pilgrims ask each other when they are on the Camino is, “Are you […]

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Beach grass at Good Harbor Bay,  overlooking Lake Michigan (one of my happy places).

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