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Want to Stop the Spread of Euthanasia?

Posted on Sunday, October 5th, 2025 by Will Cox

My three-step plan for making euthanasia less popular: Abdullah M, Sedeek A, Keebler M, Hickey G, Hartwick M, Kaczorowski DJ. First successful cardiac allograft...

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Better than Ozempic

Posted on Sunday, October 5th, 2025 by Will Cox

October 5, 2025The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Did you brush your teeth this morning? Did you make the bed? Get dressed? Eat breakfast? Wash the breakfast di...

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Resolved, that I Remember the Deadline

Posted on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 by Will Cox

I missed the deadline to propose resolutions for this year’s diocesan convention, by 22 hours and a lot of planning. Ooops. For your amusement, here are t...

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The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

Posted on Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 by Will Cox

Take an hour away from binge-watching advertisements and enjoy the exquisite documentary Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, just released on PBS’s American Mast...

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Risky

Posted on Friday, March 1st, 2019 by Will Cox

For the first time since I was a teenager, I’ve submitted poems for someone else’s official approval or condemnation. It’s exhilarating–...

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THIS IS THE TITLE CENTERED

Posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 by Will Cox

An Attempt at Humor

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Crazy Thoughts

Posted on Thursday, January 24th, 2019 by Will Cox

I have this crazy thought.It’s a poem.Maybe.Or a novel.Perhaps.Of things I want to do— to you —Or just a picture of a day.No, it wouldn’...

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This Morning

Posted on Monday, December 31st, 2018 by Will Cox

This morningThe geese called me, wake!to look at the palest pinksand blues of grey dawn This morningwispy steam risingmy teacup counsels, patiencenow is the wai...

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Janitors

Posted on Friday, August 10th, 2018 by Will Cox

A species of ant in my kitchen likes kimchi-fried rice. By Tuesday morning they’d found Monday’s unwashed dishes. A bucket brigade from the colony m...

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He can call me Flower if he wants to

Posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2018 by Will Cox

Each day another wonder sprouts. Yesterday it was daffodils. Today it’s forsythia, magnolia, cherry blossoms, and dandelion.

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Consider the Lilies of the Field

Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 by Will Cox

Yesterday I spotted a valiant, optimistic beauty in my lawn. The crocus uses what time it has, when it can. It must. Today it still reached for the sun. Therefo...

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Sabbathday

Posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2018 by Will Cox

Sun shining over the hill and through my window, slowly climbs down the wall. The calico sleeps and purrs after breakfast, half on the book I was reading. There...

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Slippery When Wet

Posted on Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 by Will Cox

This weekend I drove a 2006 Toyota Prius into a ditch. The snow began falling around 11:00. About an inch inch lay on the road, atop ice. The first few flakes h...

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First World Problems

Posted on Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 by Will Cox

Despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible to use adverbs on road signs. This month’s additional practice is to not like anything on the Interne...

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Short Circuit

Posted on Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 by Will Cox

How many others in this party scene need a social lubricant?

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Inky Fingers

Posted on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 by Will Cox

There’s something about the smell of fresh ink. Each time I enter a bookstore, I pick a book from the shelf, riffle the pages, and bury my nose in it. Ink...

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Now If I Could Just Think of a Title….

Posted on Friday, November 17th, 2017 by Will Cox

Hi, I’m Will. I suffer from word count envy. I marvel over the seeming quickness of pen and flow of words of prolific authors, and envy that apparent eas...

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Please, Sir, May I Have Some More?

Posted on Monday, November 13th, 2017 by Will Cox

Netflix noticed something strange and unexpected among users of their video streaming service: they would watch all of the available episodes of a series before...

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Everyone Sang

Posted on Saturday, November 11th, 2017 by Will Cox

Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dar...

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Some Days

Posted on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 by Will Cox

Chilly. On mornings like this I’m encouraged to stay in bed by warm blankets, warm cats, and the cold air. Funny how the summer’s heat encourages th...

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