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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No Matter How Fast We Run

Covid-19 has impacted our lives to a degree never imagined. One of the most impactful outcomes is the loss of the 2020 Summer Olympic...

garrylcox

Mar 24, 20201 min read

Living a Dream: Reports of My Demise

As a writer or even worse a poet, I am the basest of thieves. I will steal a line in a heartbeat if it tickles my fancy. I am happy to...

garrylcox

Jan 27, 20202 min read

Living a Dream: What Do Google, The English Language, God and History Have in Common?

Google is my go-to brain since mine is very small Although I’m very clever Google knows it all He (Winston Churchill) mobilized the...

garrylcox

Aug 12, 20191 min read

Living a Dream: Rise Up

Previously I am a septuagenarian, trying to get the bulk of my creative work done before I become an octogenarian. One way to put it....

garrylcox

Aug 5, 20192 min read

Living a Dream: Rounding For Home

I am a septuagenarian, trying to get the bulk of my creative work done before I become an octogenarian. One way to put it. Another-I am...

garrylcox

Jul 23, 20192 min read

Living a Dream - My Diamond Jubilee

I run because I have to I run because I can People wonder why I do it for twenty, fifty years a pop Why does anyone do anything For the...

garrylcox

Oct 12, 20182 min read

Living a Dream: Rounding For Home

Take heed the changing landscape of your dreams as one dream morphs into another Leading us all to ask- How can I encourage myself and...

garrylcox

Feb 15, 20177 min read

Living a Dream: The times they are a changin’

October 5, 2016 The Huntsman Harriers Ride again. Shagg takes the Gold medal in the 400 meters. Garry comes fourth in the 100 meters,...

garrylcox

Oct 15, 20164 min read

Living a Dream: This Was Our Olympics

Holy Faith gives us an unshakable confidence in the inherent goodness of life and of the universe. (enneathought@enneagraminstitute.com)...

garrylcox

Sep 8, 20163 min read

Living a Dream: It Takes a Village

Inaugural Living a Dream 1958 Here at home the Reverend Bob Richards, two time Olympic Pole Vault Champion, just sailed over a cross bar...

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Aug 21, 20163 min read

Living a Dream: Skin in the Game

The journey starts with a hungry heart fed by the archetypical dream of glory not for the chosen but for the choosers As blogs go...

garrylcox

Aug 10, 20162 min read

Living a Dream: John Godina three

As Champions of Sport, Connor Sports is dedicated to creating more places for athletes to train and reach their goals in life. Through...

garrylcox

Jul 29, 20163 min read

Living a Dream: The Beat Goes On

You’re taking the best minds in the sport and letting them have some freedom and let them be the artists that they need to be. John...

garrylcox

Jul 9, 20164 min read

Living a Dream: Time Keeps on Ticking

It’s 4:22 AM Mountain Standard Time June 25, 2016. Garry is completing this blog post with a pure heart, a clear mind and a steady hand....

garrylcox

Jun 21, 20165 min read

Living a Dream: Coffee With the Boys III

He also watches, in his mind’s eye, his graceful classmate Constance Delaney flowing in the grace of her youth. A tardy disclaimer: Some...

garrylcox

Jun 16, 20164 min read

Living a Dream: Coffee With the Boys II

All that follows is dedicated to two men who have transcended fear, ignorance and physical imprisonment by virtue of the sheer exuberance...

garrylcox

Jun 4, 20164 min read

Living a Dream: Coffee With the Boys I

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under...

garrylcox

May 26, 20165 min read

Living a Dream

No matter how fast we run How far we throw or how high we fly the earth will claim our mortal forms and we will wait like ordinary men...

garrylcox

Apr 30, 20164 min read

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.

No Matter How Fast We Run

Living a Dream: Reports of My Demise

Living a Dream: What Do Google, The English Language, God and History Have in Common?

Living a Dream: Rise Up

Living a Dream: Rounding For Home

Living a Dream - My Diamond Jubilee

Living a Dream: Rounding For Home

Living a Dream: The times they are a changin’

Living a Dream: This Was Our Olympics

Living a Dream: It Takes a Village

Living a Dream: Skin in the Game

Living a Dream: John Godina three

Living a Dream: The Beat Goes On

Living a Dream: Time Keeps on Ticking

Living a Dream: Coffee With the Boys III

Living a Dream: Coffee With the Boys II

Living a Dream: Coffee With the Boys I

Living a Dream

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