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Passion, Not Perfection
Our spoken words are fleeting, in existence only briefly before they vanish into thin air. Ah, but when we write, we write to generations yet unborn. In…
Apr 21
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Ben Talley
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While They Are Still Here
I heard my grandmother say, to no one in particular (she had a wonderful way of doing that), “If people don’t come visit me now, I don’t want ‘em comin…
Apr 14
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Ben Talley
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A few handshakes away ... from everyone on Earth
Because I once shook hands with the following people, I have become but one (yep, only one) handshake away from some of the most famous and interesting…
Apr 7
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Ben Talley
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March 2024
Resurrection
(as spoken by children)
Mar 31
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Ben Talley
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Bristol’s greatest teaching family
What makes a great teacher? Imagine being in a room with over one hundred of the brightest young minds in Virginia, all who are about to graduate…
Mar 24
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Ben Talley
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Making work a joy
“While you’re restin’ . . . ” As a child, I knew I was in for a load of work whenever I heard that phrase associated with my name. It usually went…
Mar 17
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Ben Talley
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Keeping a Blue Circle promise
I whispered to Mike Marshall, “Someday I’m gonna write about you, my friend.” Mike, who was at that time the owner of Bristol’s Blue Circle Restaurant…
Mar 10
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Ben Talley
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We are the Ocean
“Mr. Talley, why don’t we call our planet the Ocean instead of the Earth?” a student asked me once upon a time. Like any good teacher, I answered his…
Mar 3
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Ben Talley
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February 2024
Helping some ladies walk across Spain
Since I have been remarkably blessed during my life to have hiked/walked somewhere near 50,000 miles - with perhaps 98% of my steps taken locally …
Feb 25
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Ben Talley
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We are all doing the best we can
(Several friends/readers have told me that they like it when I bring up “different“ ways of looking at things” within my weekly column. I propose to do…
Feb 18
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Ben Talley
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How I became (somewhat of) a Swiftie
If you don’t recognize the name, Taylor Swift, then one might reasonably assume you have been living beneath a rock over the past few months. I can at…
Feb 11
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Ben Talley
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Some Bristol preachers
I don’t really like some preachers that much. And I like just about everybody. As my father used to say, preachers can tend to get prone to develop a…
Feb 4
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Ben Talley
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Some Bristol preachers
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