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After a 2 year hiatus, I’m writing again.

After the same two year hiatus, I’m boating again. My brother Jim and I are heading out for about 3 weeks to New York, Boston, and many…

1 min readSep 24, 2022

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John McCauley

The spark, revisited.

I wrote recently about God, and whether he is or is not, and I dodged the question. I wrote instead about the exceptionalism of humans by…

2 min readNov 22, 2023

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The spark, revisited.

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John McCauley

Lewes, Delaware is a wonderful town

My brother Jim and I motored here from the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday, a relatively uneventful trek ‘til the tail end, when the seas of…

1 min readApr 24, 2023

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Lewes, Delaware is a wonderful town

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John McCauley

Endurance

I just had our boat’s new name painted on the transom. In an earlier photo, you might have noticed her name was “The Good Life”. Now she…

2 min readApr 16, 2023

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Endurance

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John McCauley

A new ship, a new season, a new start…

Soon, i will let loose the lines and sail the seas for a week, perhaps two. I hope to renew my writing, as well as my boating. The two are…

1 min readApr 16, 2023

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A new ship, a new season, a new start…

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John McCauley

OK, I lied…

Back in September, I wrote an article entitled “After a 2 year hiatus, I’m writing again.”

6 min readDec 26, 2022

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OK, I lied…

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John McCauley

“The best laid plans…

O’ mice and men gang aft a-gley.” — Robert Burns

2 min readOct 3, 2022

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Why a two year hiatus?

Ten years from now, no one will remember this boat trip and the earth will be unchanged from me having made this sojourn. But I venture…

2 min readSep 25, 2022

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Why a two year hiatus?

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John McCauley

The spark…

Having lost our son to leukemia on Easter Sunday 2020, our faith in A God was shaken. All those prayers… …all that karma we believed we…

5 min readOct 3, 2021

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The spark…

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John McCauley

Juxtaposition

These are the words about my son Michael, that I wrote for his celebration of life. He died, too young, at 27, on Easter Sunday, 2020. I…

4 min readSep 18, 2021

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Juxtaposition

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John McCauley

John McCauley

Retired for a year, and had to unretire. Needed purpose, bucket-listing wasn't enough. Then I lost my son to leukemia and life was turned inside out.

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