J. Kevin Tumlinson is The Writer_. Fiction, nonfiction, short stories and novels, articles and posts—he's writing worlds within words. This Substack features essays and observations, viewpoints on writing, and living your philosophy. All readers welcome.
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Bad Luck and Trouble
There’s something I forgot about myself for a long while, that now I’m starting to remember.
I’m very lucky.
Though I might best call it ‘blessed,’ given that I believe every life has the favor of God, even when we don’t necessarily see i...
Tough Question
“So what do you do?”
That’s always been a fairly loaded question. Philosophically, people are asking you for an identity. The question might be a bit more ingenuous if it were phrased as, “Can you tell me how to think about you?” Because o...
What I do when I have Other Plans
I’m supposed to be dropping Mini off at doggy daycare right now. Instead, I’m sitting at the window watching rain come down like I’m sitting at the base of Niagara. It’s a real gully washer.
And, okay, that’s fine. Nature. God, pouring His...
This or Something Better
I’ve had a good life.
There are a lot of things I could talk about that might paint a different picture. A father who abandoned me and my mother, before I was born. A stepfather who beat my mother so badly that she had to have her jaw wire...
Open-Window Mornings
The past few mornings, here in Pennsylvania, have been remarkably cool. Temperatures in the low 50s, when I get up to take Mini out. Chilly for any time of year, but for July it seems like a miracle. Is it always this way, around the Pittsb...
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