“Nelson Mandela reminds us that it always seems impossible until it is done.”
—President Obama in South Africa
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- things i wish i had said, part 79
- the best dog is a rescue dog
- life is funny, part 382
- trees
- life
- and then
- eulogy
- walking
- life is funny, part 381
- life with an artist, part 17
- me and loretta
- or not
- life is funny, part 380
- papa we’ll go sailing
- the quotable mo sheppo, part 23
- marley
- the keys to a good marriage, part 8
- once upon a beach
- dear nicole
- the keys to a good marriage, part 7
- once upon a celebration
- dear sarah
- sisters, part 2
- sisters, part 1
- sarah
- she hasn’t changed a bit
- my dream. a photo essay.
- Mr. Pants’ Guide to Fancy Cooking ©, part 2
- Mr. Pants’ Guide to Fancy Cooking ©
- conversations
- owl be home for christmas
- brothers, part 7
- it’s likely just a misdemeanor
- farm trucks
- i’m letting the time go by
- the quotable mo sheppo, part 22
- it’s a snap
- the secret to life
- American dream
- football season
- i don’t need a skywriter to make grafitti in your sky
- ok, mostly it’s the railroad red IPA
- it’s pronounced Kiye-bab, dammit
- sing it, oscar
- conversations with char, part 2
- things i wish i had said, part 78
- i don’t even know where Algiers is
- just don’t make my car wear a foo-foo vest
- brothers, part 6
- chalk mark in a rain storm
- come on home
- subdivision
- making pies
- hey! wait! i’ve got a new complaint.
- oj and blue dozer
- things i wish i had said, part 77
- nature calls
- let it, bees
- The Great Flower Ankle Sweatband Experiment of 2018 ©
- mo sheppo’s guide to painting
- or maybe it was just Pochero
- i bet rupp will be wearing these at prague
- haunted
- Lilypads are overrated
- p.s. the train had 91 cars
- way back when
- a drink a day keeps the shrink away
- my running club
- well, you had to know this was coming
- the quotable mo sheppo, part 21
- boston 2018
- how i would write if i were clever
- mo sheppo’s guide to the locked track
- i still like margarine
- the quotable mo sheppo, part 20
- things i wish i had said, part 76
- never turn your back on a champagne cork
- just another morning conversation, part 73
- mr. pants’ spring running quiz ©
- life is funny, part 379
- happy trails
- heart surgeons have no sense of humor
- the day i became an old man
- oh, well
- bluebonnets
- theological loophole
- go, went, gone
- girly
- the meaning of life
- the truth
- Tehachapi to Tonapah
- things i wish i had said, part 75
- sweet emotion
- skinny legs
- Roger and me
- one tough goalie
- i don’t rumpus enough
- may he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
- life is funny, part 378
- i see lights in a fat city
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Nelson Mandela