Ron Toland
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  • Keeping Score: June 26, 2020

    It's been a struggle to write this week.

    My uncle -- who because of age and circumstances was more like my grandfather, so I called him Pop -- died on Father's Day. And I've been living and working under a shadow ever since.

    Hard enough to lose him. Harder still, because I couldn't make the trip out to Texas for his funeral, because of the pandemic.

    He's gone, but I didn't get to say goodbye.

    So I've been soldiering on. Writing a paragraph or two, at least, every day.

    But each word is a struggle. And if I stop and think about anything for too long, my mind drifts back to losing Pop, and I come undone for a while.

    Stay safe out there, folks. Wear your masks. Wash your hands.

    Write what you can, when you can.

    → 8:00 AM, Jun 26
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