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Thomas L. Strickland

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Gentleman Burt

Here’s the truth. There’s a kind of Southern gentleman we don’t celebrate so much, mostly because they don’t exist anymore or they’re dying…

2 min readSep 7, 2018

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Gentleman Burt

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Thomas L. Strickland

Regeneration Sickness: On Doctor Who and Second Chances

(This was written for Catapult in the fall of 2017. Since then, the essay has fallen off the Catapult stack. So I’m republishing it here.)

12 min readSep 5, 2017

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Regeneration Sickness: On Doctor Who and Second Chances

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Thomas L. Strickland
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As Far As It Goes

Jesus Trees

I spent my summers a spy in a Jesus Tree in our front yard.

6 min readJun 29, 2017

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Jesus Trees

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Thomas L. Strickland

A Short Primer from 2014 on Snow, Ice, Traffic, and Atlanta

(This appeared originally as a comment I left on a MetaFilter thread in January 2014. The thread was about Snow Jam 2014, the 2" of snow…

3 min readJan 6, 2017

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A Short Primer from 2014 on Snow, Ice, Traffic, and Atlanta

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Thomas L. Strickland
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As Far As It Goes

They Vote For The Fire

The day after the election, shortly before I made my way home from work, I texted my mom. I didn’t know what to say, not knowing how she…

6 min readNov 16, 2016

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They Vote For The Fire

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Thomas L. Strickland
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Voting: A Family Story

The first election I can remember was in 1976. President Ford was up against Jimmy Carter. I was only four and knew Carter was from Georgia…

5 min readNov 8, 2016

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Voting: A Family Story

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Thomas L. Strickland
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The Recipes

The first meal I made for Helena was a soup in the middle of the night. Half-dressed and standing barefoot in her little studio apartment…

12 min readMay 10, 2016

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The Recipes

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Thomas L. Strickland
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Easter Sundays

We passed four churches on the way to our own: two baptist, one episcopal, one Catholic. Our church looked like none of them. It was plain.

6 min readMar 27, 2016

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Easter Sundays

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Thomas L. Strickland
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As Far As It Goes

Prayer Concerns

For almost twenty years, I sat with my family in the same wooden pew every Sunday morning. Ours was on the right side of the middle aisle…

6 min readMar 21, 2016

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Prayer Concerns

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Thomas L. Strickland
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As Far As It Goes

The Yelling Man in the Cemetery

From Pére-Lachaise to Payne’s Chapel

7 min readDec 20, 2015

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The Yelling Man in the Cemetery

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Thomas L. Strickland

Thomas L. Strickland

Occasional Writer. Experience Stragegist. Southerner Who Moved Away. “Punk is making up life for yourself.”

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