[+]Aaroneous Monk[+]

"this is the world as best as I can remember it"

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Somewhere West of Here

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The man and woman who came together to give me life are dying somewhere west of here. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but sooner  ...
Monday, March 12, 2018

An American in Paris

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I saw An American in Paris this weekend and was wowed by the music, the dancing, and the incredible stage effects, but the story itself...
Tuesday, March 06, 2018

One Punch Kid

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I was four years old and trapped in a land of giants.  They lumbered about jostling my small frame while speaking to each other at a...
Friday, March 02, 2018

The Bitter Arrow

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He’s nine, maybe ten.  I can see him below in the yard.  I am standing on the second story back deck of my childhood home, like God loo...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Death and Memory in Moscow

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I’d been in Russia a month  when Alfred Schnittke died. Well before the motorcade had wound its way alongside the Moscow ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2018

The Bully

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My son has recently been experiencing a right of passage reserved for many a middle school student, ie,  “The Bully.”  In his case it...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Consolations

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I hate being on call on the weekends, but if I keep my eyes peeled and my heart is open there are consolations. ***
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Particular as Pathway

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The faces wash past on the city street infinitely varied but somehow all the same in the blinking blur of an indifferent eye....
Monday, January 15, 2018

A Bag of Bullets

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Deployment becomes a reality. The plastic case houses an M-16 rifle and I am checking it in with my duffle bags at the Nashville I...
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Thursday, January 04, 2018

The Church is a Hospital

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It is a hospital for the spirit where the Great Physician works tirelessly to heal and nourish the sick and dying. T...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Christmas Day in Iraq

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From: Aaron Haney Date: Dec 25, 2006 6:12 AM Subject: a star in the east 25 December 2006 I got up this morning at 0600 to part...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

The Lady Bug

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She has a pet lady bug she keeps in a small glass jar. The bug’s name is written there in her scrawl “Fuze” but it is pronounce...
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A. Monk
“Aaroneous Monk” brings to mind the image of a bumbling but well-meaning hermit who continually trips himself up in his overgrown beard as he attempts to battle evil in the world but, more often than not, forgets about the darkness in his own heart. It also sounds similar to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, but with a faux-Greek twist. Thelonious was known for being able to maintain two disparate rhythms going at the same time with his hands seemingly disconnected from each other. That kinda sums up my struggle...
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