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Peaceable Man Files #4: Drummers of the Woods, Unite!
There are an awful lot of dead trees in the woods around my cabin in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. In fact, in case you haven’t...
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jamesbriankerr
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Peaceable Man Files Issue 3: Resurrection
Happy Easter! For all my fellow believers out there, may the peace of Christ be within you and lift you above any challenges you’re...
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jamesbriankerr
Apr 9, 20223 min read
Peaceable Man Files #2: Miserable Outside, Miserable Inside
Sometimes you just have to call things for what they are. This past week has been miserable. Miserable outside, miserable inside....
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jamesbriankerr
Apr 2, 20223 min read
Peaceable Man Files #1: Making Preparations
Note: This is the first in a new weekly series of musings on life at my cabin in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else...
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jamesbriankerr
Mar 13, 20224 min read
“You Will Go On” – Legacy of a Life Well-Lived
Rachael and I spent last week down in St. Petersburg, Florida on a little getaway. It’s amazing what a little sunshine and warmth will do...
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jamesbriankerr
Feb 20, 20225 min read
“One Foot in Front of the Other”—The Heroes of Sandy Hook
I was listening to an inspiring conversation last week on National Public Radio with David Wheeler, whose son was killed in the Sandy...
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jamesbriankerr
Feb 5, 20224 min read
Feeling Down? Change Your Focus, Change Your Chemistry
I've been feeling a bit down over the past couple weeks. Nothing too bad, but I can tell because when I get down, my threshold for...
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jamesbriankerr
Jan 19, 20223 min read
The Long Walk Home Set for Release in Mid-April; Author Proceeds to Go to Charity
Hello, friends and followers. I hope you are doing well and getting safely through what hopefully is the last wave of Covid. This is my...
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jamesbriankerr
Jan 6, 20223 min read
When it Comes to Investing, Listen to the Kids
Note: This article also appeared in HumbleDollar. One of the great pleasures of having grown children is seeing them doing things better...
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jamesbriankerr
Dec 11, 20213 min read
My Weekly Workout Routine: Keep It Simple!
Hello, world! I’ve been thrilled by all the positive feedback I’ve received on my recent article in HumbleDollar about the importance of...
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jamesbriankerr
Dec 9, 20211 min read
"Easter Sunday" - A New Poem
This poem appeared in the "Forest Anthology" of The Poet in December 2021. Forgive me, dear friends and family, for not being at church...
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jamesbriankerr
Dec 7, 20214 min read
Fit to Retire
Note: A version of this article also appeared in HumbleDollar and MarketWatch. I was recently talking with a younger acquaintance about...
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jamesbriankerr
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Ticking Off the Retirement ‘Challenge List’
The author and his son, Evan, and girlfriend, Emily, in Dillon, CO
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jamesbriankerr
Oct 16, 20214 min read
To Dream the Impossible Dream—and Go After It
“This is my quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far.” – Man of La Mancha The subconscious mind is a strange...
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jamesbriankerr
Sep 8, 20214 min read
Reclaiming My Life
Note: This article originally appeared in HumbleDollar. A strange thing is happening in corporate America right now. The job market is...
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jamesbriankerr
Aug 30, 20214 min read
No, I’m Not Retiring. I’m “Repassioning”
Me and Cassie getting ready for our great adventure ...
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jamesbriankerr
Jul 7, 20213 min read
Let Me Sit in the Woods: A New Poem
As published in Short Story Town https://www.shortstorytown.com/ Let Me Sit in the Woods i Let me sit in the woods and stare at trees....
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jamesbriankerr
Jun 18, 20214 min read
Six Things I’ve Learned in My Past Two Years Without My Father
Nearly two years after my father shrugged off this mortal coil and turned into a butterfly, I am left with a hole where a holiday used to...
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jamesbriankerr
Jun 15, 202119 min read
My Father’s Last Garden
The Seeds a Good Father Plants in His Children Bloom Long After He’s Gone The weekend before Father’s Day in 2019, my brother and I...
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jamesbriankerr
Apr 29, 20213 min read
“Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Reflections on Resilience A Year Into COVID
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all. - Emily Dickinson...
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