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On "My West Virginia" - "What a wondrous anthem this is! I don't think I've ever heard you champion your home so fully and lyrically. I've heard you describe much of its landscape beautifully before this - but this is another order of praise. It's just wonderful, Bill. Be sure to make it the centerpiece of your next collection. (It comes close to the sort of complete rapture I bring to what I can express about my own beloved New York." Thanks!" - Guy Kettelhack
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William Flewelling
I am a retired minister from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in central Illinois. Led by a request from Mildred Corwin of Manua OH when I arrived there in 1976, I long developed and led a series of bible studies there and in LaPorte IN and New Martinsville WV. These studies proved to be very feeding to me in my pastoral work and won a certain degree of following in my congregations. My first study was on 1 Peter, chosen because I knew almost nothing about the book. I now live quietly in retirement with my wife of 54 years, a pair of dogs and several cats.
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Teasing the Soul - William Flewelling
Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1. While Mother Naps As Well
Chapter 2. Too Self Conscious
Chapter 3. Surprising Sharp Damp Wind
Chapter 4. With Restless Paces
Chapter 5. As The Music Insists
Chapter 6. After The Ceasing Ends
Chapter 7. One Sigh Upon The Thought
Chapter 8. From The Cookie Jar
Chapter 9. Seen From The Open Door
Chapter 10. He Passes By
Chapter 11. Reading Into The Empty Room
Chapter 12. On Mother’s Lap Today
Chapter 13. Riding Down The Queue
Chapter 14. At Her Return
Chapter 15. Mocha
Chapter 16. The Single Hawk
Chapter 17. A Welsh Delight
Chapter 18. My West Virginia
Chapter 19. Escaping The Broom
Chapter 20. Without A Call
Chapter 21. The Fourth Penny
Chapter 22. The Puppy And The Snow
Chapter 23. While Listening
Chapter 24. Heavily, In A Chair
Chapter 25. Considering Each Pace
Chapter 26. As Midnight Nears
Chapter 27. Nestled For Listening
Chapter 28. Rambling Secrets
Chapter 29. That Single Sycamore
Chapter 30. A Matter Of Ears
Chapter 31. The Changes Over Years
Chapter 32. Attention To The Side
Chapter 33. Her Finger Points
Chapter 34. With Such Assurance
Chapter 35. Her Father’s Daughter
Chapter 36. Reunion Weekend: Fifty Years
Chapter 37. First Seen Robins
Chapter 38. Some Like It Cool
Chapter 39. Birds By Afternoon
Chapter 40. Patently Patient
Chapter 41. Two Portraits
Chapter 42. In Spite Of Everything
Chapter 43. Vultures On An Afternoon
Chapter 44. Auto-Prescription: A Nap
Chapter 45. So Independent In Relief
Chapter 46. As Each Note Counts
Chapter 47. In Spite Of Longing
Chapter 48. With Sons Today
Chapter 49. Exemplary: The Lilting Prayer
Chapter 50. Polite Anonymity
Chapter 51. The Comments After Worship
Chapter 52. The Quiet Swing
Chapter 53. New Daffodils
Chapter 54. Main Street: Another Shop Closes For The Night
Chapter 55. He’s At The Counter Window
Chapter 56. One Vulture In Late Afternoon
Chapter 57. An End To Deferment
Chapter 58. Rehearsal Of The Bach
Chapter 59. Re-Cleaning Now
Chapter 60. Tiger Swallowtails
Chapter 61. A Sympathetic Ear
Chapter 62. Rescheduled Moves
Chapter 63. Before The Mother’s Word
Chapter 64. This Wildflower
Chapter 65. Such Pleasure In The Task
Chapter 66. Slight Bird Song
Chapter 67. Two Butterflies
Chapter 68. As Flowers In The Room
Chapter 69. At Uneven Footing
Chapter 70. Accidental Decoration
Chapter 71. The Tambourine Tease
Chapter 72. For Tumbling
Chapter 73. Peepers
Chapter 74. He Calls To Me
Chapter 75. The Tree In Promise
Chapter 76. A Brief Wrist, Hand
Chapter 77. Attentive To Attraction
Chapter 78. The Wide Mouthed Stainless Bowl
Chapter 79. The Watched-For Day Runs Long
Chapter 80. Pink Ruffles Amplify
Chapter 81. Repeating Shadow
Chapter 82. A Hard Day After All
Chapter 83. Extending Song
Chapter 84. A Friendly Face Observed Aside
Chapter 85. Prelude Rousing To The Full
Chapter 86. One Lightening Smile
Chapter 87. Still Point In A Changing World
Chapter 88. The Dogwood Tree In Bloom
Chapter 89. While Overhearing
Chapter 90. On Such A Rainy Day
Chapter 91. Ironweed On The Side
Chapter 92. Beyond The Edges Glance Achieves
Chapter 93. Hand Washer Of The Year
Chapter 94. Sophie
Chapter 95. While Readying To Leave
Chapter 96. After All Is Done
Chapter 97. Alone Amid An Anonymous Crowd
Chapter 98. A Good Neighbor Moves
Chapter 99. Closing Voluntary
Chapter 100. Asleep Mid Flight
Chapter 101. Observations From A Lonely Table
Chapter 102. Hot Springs By Evening
Chapter 103. Song Birds Feeding
Chapter 104. A Breeze In Latent Stillness
Chapter 105. A Puppy’s Wonder-Gaze
Chapter 106. A Night Time Pause
Chapter 107. From A Decade Past
Chapter 108. And There Is All The Glory, Over There
Chapter 109. Without Collision
Chapter 110. Breath
Chapter 111. With Apologies To Martha
Chapter 112. A Resentful Clerk
Chapter 113. Above The Shortest White Shorts
Chapter 114. A Timid Hold On Time
Chapter 115. The Night Before The Moon Is Full
Chapter 116. Knowing All She Would Not See
Chapter 117. Three Faces
Chapter 118. Rapt Raptors In Soar
Chapter 119. The Birds—Unseen, Unheard Today
Chapter 120. Replies Must Come Eventually, You Must Suppose
Chapter 121. Young And Wary Of The Crowd
Chapter 122. A Birthday Tour
Chapter 123. This Growing Old!
Chapter 124. The Undertow Of
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