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Justice

Posted on May 17, 2013 by stephenarcher

To start, read this story and click on every link: Wel­come back. I took this pic­ture months ago while walk­ing around Guatemala City. I did not know what it meant. Exactly three days ago, I looked up “Jus­tice for Geno­cide” on … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Crack

Posted on May 10, 2013 by stephenarcher

I joined a writ­ing group for a while. I should be in sev­eral of these. I like to write and I am not ter­ri­ble at it. I like words and I know what lots of them mean and I can … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Light on Thorns

Posted on May 2, 2013 by stephenarcher

I haven’t been writ­ing. I haven’t been check­ing in with myself. I haven’t been drink­ing in the life my body is mov­ing through. I have been rais­ing my son. I have been lov­ing my wife. I have been doing my … Con­tinue read­ing →

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This Climb Does Not End

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stephenarcher

If I had a Sun­day morn­ing off while I was a surgery res­i­dent, it felt like Christ­mas and my birth­day every time. They did not come often. I worked over 100 hours/week and was on call either every third or every … Con­tinue read­ing →

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24 Minutes Plus Six For Commercials

Posted on March 27, 2013 by stephenarcher

I don’t won­der so much now how I grew up think­ing that life was going to be for me as it was for Steve McGar­ret (played by Jack Lord, actu­ally born John Joseph Patrick Ryan – that’s three cool names) on Hawaii … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Untitled 88

Posted on March 5, 2013 by stephenarcher

Just the photo. After my last post, I think it best to leave the words out…I say this even though I know that it will be hard for you not to go back and read it. It’s bad. Just own­ing that. But you … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pyramidamid

Posted on March 4, 2013 by stephenarcher

I would love to say that you start with a blank. But it’s me. I start with a blank. Then I have eggs and toast and cof­fee on the road and then I end up some­where with my cube shaped … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Mistakes

Posted on January 29, 2013 by stephenarcher

We had been in Guatemala a few days, walked the mar­ket a few times, set up the OR’s and been in the clin­ics; we were work­ing hard by this time. The OR was full of cases. Three oper­at­ing tables – they are … Con­tinue read­ing →

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fall to winter

Posted on December 25, 2012 by stephenarcher

Ten Things I Learned This Year It is pos­si­ble to employ empa­thy and com­pas­sion in the bet­ter build­ing of a busi­ness. Another way to know this is to know that fear dri­ves ruth­less­ness and know­ing one’s self makes it impos­si­ble to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twenty6

Posted on December 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

Twenty6 A to Z. All of them. The let­ters in my words drift away, unmoored, torn away, taken down, by a rip cur­rent. I have twenty6 to work in to some­thing to say, but they, like me, are em ty. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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