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Jim Parton

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My Youngest as a Bride?

In one week, my youngest child will get married. She is 32. Her older sister is married and the mom of a two year old, and her older…

May 12, 2022

My Youngest as a Bride?

May 12, 2022

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The Mistake We Know We Are Making

Why we can’t stop

Sep 18, 2024

Man with startled expression peeking out from behind a screen

Sep 18, 2024

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The Wind Phone

Who Is Coming to Your Funeral?

Not as many as you would think

Aug 9, 2024

Looking at a casket in the back of a hearse

Aug 9, 2024

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The Narrative Arc

Finding My Son on the Streets

We never imagined this life for our son

Mar 29, 2024

Homeless man sitting on the pavement with few possessions around.

Mar 29, 2024

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Thirty over Fifty

Am I Old?

“What I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one’s bones and cragginess of one’s once-silken skin, is this: DO IT. By…

Dec 6, 2023

Am I Old?

Dec 6, 2023

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Thirty over Fifty

California and Living With Fire

You live where you know you could lose everything

1d ago

Plane dropping red fire retardant on a landscape

1d ago

When Spirits Speak

Are you listening

2d ago

Two hands touch amid filtered light

2d ago

Ok It Was A Bad Day at Work

Some days you just are not appreciated enough.

Jan 7

Office wall with a saying painted that says “Punch today in the face”

Jan 7

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Readers Hope

This Grief Thing

Man, what a trip

Jan 5

Pictured headstones in an older cemetery, in the summer season.

Jan 5

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ILLUMINATION

Those Lean, Mean Dorm Days

Do college students still struggle and make it

Jan 1

black and white sketch of the author self portrait 1977

Jan 1

Jim Parton

Jim Parton

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Retired Teacher and Funeral Celebrant. The gay and married dad of three grown children. I have always been fascinated by the human condition. Come read with me.

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