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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"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. The 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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garrylcox
- Sep 19, 2012
- 20 min
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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garrylcox
- Jul 8, 2012
- 7 min
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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garrylcox
- May 5, 2012
- 15 min
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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garrylcox
- Apr 10, 2012
- 7 min
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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garrylcox
- Feb 16, 2012
- 10 min
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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garrylcox
- Jan 6, 2012
- 4 min
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...
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garrylcox
- Dec 27, 2011
- 8 min
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...
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garrylcox
- Dec 17, 2011
- 4 min
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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garrylcox
- Dec 8, 2011
- 3 min
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...
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garrylcox
- Nov 19, 2011
- 4 min
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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garrylcox
- Nov 8, 2011
- 3 min
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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garrylcox
- Oct 23, 2011
- 2 min
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...
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garrylcox
- Oct 10, 2011
- 2 min
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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garrylcox
- Oct 1, 2011
- 2 min
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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garrylcox
- Sep 10, 2011
- 3 min
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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