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If I Had to Be an Animal, I’d Reluctantly Choose a Cat

Posted on July 15, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

If I had to be an animal for a week, most of the choices sound less like an adventure and more like a sentence. After ruling out bears, lions, dolphins, birds, and even dogs, I reluctantly land on the one animal I do not particularly like. Continue reading →

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The Technology That Will Remember Us—The Future of AI, Memory, and Grief

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

What if artificial intelligence could recreate the voice of someone you loved? I think that technology is coming sooner than we realize. The question isn’t whether we’ll build it—it’s whether we’ll use it wisely. Continue reading →

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The Bible, Mockingbird, and the Books That Keep Finding Me

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

The Bible is the honest answer. But teaching has a way of making you return to certain books again and again, until they become part of your life. Continue reading →

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Yes, I’m a Lifelong Learner. No, That Wasn’t a Good Question.

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Are you a lifelong learner? Yes. Next question. But the better answer is that lifelong learning means staying teachable, humble, curious, and willing to keep growing through faith, writing, teaching, marriage, mistakes, and life itself. Continue reading →

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The Habit That Helps Me Look Again

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

The habit that has improved my life the most is writing. It keeps my mind active, but more than that, it keeps pulling me back toward faith, gratitude, memory and the lessons my mother taught me. Continue reading →

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“The Hard Years” — When Love Pulled in Two Directions

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

The hard years were not the mistake years or the lost years. They were the years when love pulled in two directions, home became complicated, and God taught love to stretch. Continue reading →

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The Sequel Atticus Finch Deserves

Posted on July 9, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

To Kill a Mockingbird does not need a sequel. It is already complete. But after Go Set a Watchman, Atticus Finch’s legacy deserves an honest rescue — one told by Scout, looking back with memory, grace and perspective. Continue reading →

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When the Villain Looks Familiar

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

There are plenty of villains who had a point. Thanos had a point about limited resources, though his customer-service skills needed work. Magneto had a point about persecution, though “global domination” is generally where the school board starts asking follow-up … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Where. It’s Who.

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

The question asks where I would live if I could choose anywhere in the world. But the older I get, the more I realize home is not really about geography first. It is about the people who make a place worth choosing. Continue reading →

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When Chaos Knocks Us Off Autopilot

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

A little chaos can wake us up, stretch us and remind us that the plan was never the point. But too much chaos does not make us stronger. It only leaves us reacting. Continue reading →

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