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Feast!
Nothing could safeguard the hours
they were swallowed up by the days
the days swallowed up in weeks

L. Roy Aiken
Feb 10, 20241 min read


2024 by the Numbers
I need this to help me keep track.

L. Roy Aiken
Jan 13, 20243 min read


23-Skidoo in Review
The Jazz Age, in which that expression originated, is 100 years ago. Everything before 2020 might as well be, too.

L. Roy Aiken
Jan 10, 20245 min read


How I Know Christ Is King
...and that the Kingdom of Heaven is closer at hand than we dare think.

L. Roy Aiken
Dec 4, 20235 min read


The Conversation Around the Table
Pumpkin pie, yes. Religion & politics, no. Faith? Let us sing!

L. Roy Aiken
Nov 23, 20231 min read


After the Big Holiday Dinner, the Old Man Explains How It All Came to Pass
A No-Thanks Thanksgiving Poem

L. Roy Aiken
Nov 23, 20233 min read


Death of the New Fall TV Season
It’s actually a good thing, the more you think about it. Still, another thing lost, tears in the rain and all that….

L. Roy Aiken
Sep 27, 20235 min read


Jimmy Buffett, R.I.P.
Enjoy your cheeseburgers in paradise, good sir.

L. Roy Aiken
Sep 26, 20233 min read


“Seems We Just Get Started and Before You Know It”
Of my haunted Saturday nights. Maybe writing this will finally make that ghost of a theme song go to its rest.

L. Roy Aiken
Aug 5, 20236 min read


The President’s Day That Wasn’t
More crimes of noticing in our real-life sci-fi dystopia.

L. Roy Aiken
Feb 24, 20237 min read


Why Is Everything Just Like This All the Time Now?
The Dreary Sameness of Hell, again.

L. Roy Aiken
Feb 2, 20235 min read


’23 Skidoo! Belated New Year’s Greetings
Featuring this year’s numbers and some more crimes of noticing.

L. Roy Aiken
Jan 21, 20235 min read


Christmas 2022 After-Action Report
It was different, but possibly the best, if we strive to fulfill our promises made during our struggles.

L. Roy Aiken
Dec 27, 20227 min read


Winter Solstice 2022 Specific Blues
It’s December and not yet Christmas, but I’m calling it for 2022. Here's my recap of the year and then some.

L. Roy Aiken
Dec 21, 20228 min read


Winter Solstice Blues
Even on the coldest days
I’ll gladly lose some heat
for the privilege of leaning
out of my open window

L. Roy Aiken
Dec 20, 20221 min read


Entering the Fandom of God
Are they gone? Good. Because I want those with eyes to see and ears to hear to consider....

L. Roy Aiken
Dec 17, 20225 min read


What Halloween Becomes as We Mature
I really wish I’d have grown up earlier.

L. Roy Aiken
Nov 10, 20222 min read


Psalm 004
All my life
I’ve been yearning
for a feeling

L. Roy Aiken
Nov 5, 20221 min read


Psalm 003
“Why would I care
what the bacteria
in the wall think of me?”
was the most intelligent
question I’d heard posed
by a skeptic of God

L. Roy Aiken
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Happy To Be the Crazy One
In this world, “crazy” is an honorific. And I keep getting crazier....

L. Roy Aiken
Oct 18, 20224 min read
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