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"I believe writing is a precursor to thought,
not the other way around"
Garry L. Cox
The Bard of Appanoose
We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. Da Bard's Contrarian Bar serves as a vessel to project my passions and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
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Bernice and Garry: Requiem and Godspeed
Requiem Today, 20 months after her passing, I find this memory, above all others, to hold the essence of the woman I knew and loved. ...
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Nov 2, 201210 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Adventures in Paradise
The Triad The electric arcs across the great Prongs of our Life-Triad are strong, brief and luminous. And so it is with memories. There...
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Sep 19, 201220 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Bernice takes a year
Our final destination would be the city of Phoenix and the two-bedroom condo in a Dreamsicle colored condo complex called Anasazi. This...
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Jul 8, 20127 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Honeymoon Vignettes and Snapshots
Business First: A Trust Issue When I admitted to Bernice that I owed the Federal Government $10,000, she asked to take a look at my...
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May 5, 201215 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Dawn of the Honeymoon
An obelisk can be any object that when touched by two people can become a portal to their future together. author unknown When Bernice...
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Apr 10, 20127 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Love Finds a Home
February 17, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the passing of my beloved Bernice. This post will begin with Bernice Remembered,...
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Feb 16, 201210 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Prelude to a Kiss
Oh! How my love song gently cries For the tenderness within your eyes My love is a prelude that never dies A Prelude to a kiss Duke...
garrylcox
Jan 6, 20124 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Christmas in the Caymans
My original plan was to tell the Bernice and Garry story in simple linear fashion. The end of the story would coincide with my final...
garrylcox
Dec 27, 20118 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Sweetness and Light
It is easier to remember “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”, the tragedies, the down times. Happiness is generally something...
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Dec 17, 20114 min read
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Bernice and Garry: It’s All In the Cards
From Love’s Labor's Lost post: Then the pause you never want to hear. “I don’t know,” she says, “I’m going to be out of town for two...
garrylcox
Dec 8, 20113 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Love’s Labor's Lost
Fall is fading, winter is coming on, and students are knuckling down in hopes of passing the GED test before Christmas. Margaret is...
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Nov 19, 20114 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Glacier Express
It’s October now and what should have become a budding romance has become more like an old-fashioned barnstorming air show. The featured...
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Nov 8, 20113 min read
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Bernice and Garry: What’s in a name? That which we call a rose…
They say the days of the charismatic teacher are numbered. And while I never played the “sage on the stage” I was not above putting on a...
garrylcox
Oct 23, 20112 min read
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Reflections on a Happy Birthday
October 1st is Bernice’s birthday. It had long been the family’s intention to honor her wishes to have her ashes scattered from her...
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Oct 10, 20112 min read
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Bernice and Garry: Global Warming
My resentment of the Literacy Ladies began to wane fairly early in the game. Turns out, they only met twice a week for one hour sessions....
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Oct 1, 20112 min read
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Bernice and Garry: The Beginning
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca On a cool...
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Sep 10, 20113 min read
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