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Douglas Robbins – Den of Discussion Vlog #1 – Test & Intro

Hi, I’ve decided to begin video blogging. There are things I’ve wanted to say and maybe the written word has kept me hidden from saying them. The subjects will range from writing, to struggle, to living a purposeful life.

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Video Blog Test & Intro

Hi, I’ve decided to begin video blogging. There are things I’ve wanted to say and maybe the written word has kept me hidden from saying them. The subjects will range from writing, to struggle, to living a purposeful life.

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September 18, 2018

I’ve been fighting a lot lately. Fighting myself. God. Others. Wrestling with ideas, writing and work while seeking a better world, a better me. I’ve questioned myself while fighting with time that floats off into the night along with my energy and thoughts. I often go to bed exhausted from these battles. I’ve been fighting to write or not. Live true or not. Stand tall out from the crowd, or not.

All this fighting has left me bloodied. Hell, I’ve been bloody for 47 years. Some of these battl...

MLK Jr. Day

Today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and it is a national holiday. Public employees have it off while many private employees do not.

This is a “floating” holiday for many, like Veterans Day has also become. I don’t know how you “float” celebration of MLK Jr. or Veterans or what he or they have done for this nation. A holiday is just that, to acknowledge on a national level some part of our history and what makes us who we are.

Is national pride and history a choice? It is if we allow it...

A Reading of My Short Story NY Times Bestseller!

Hey folks, here is a recent reading from a local book store of my soon to be released short storyNY Times Bestseller! Enjoy.

Reading of My Short Story NY Times Bestseller!

Hey folks, here is a recent reading from a local book store of my soon to be released short story entitled NY Times Bestseller!

Walking Through Life’s Fire

There is no escaping death. No one here gets out alive, as the saying goes. Tragedy is everywhere we live and breathe. The news media harp on it as if tragedy and corruption are the whole of our worlds and thoughts.

In my book Max Johnny, the main character Max is a powerful and famous writer. The love of his life is ripped away which sends him into a tail spin. It is this tragedy and test that shapes or destroys. It is killing Max. The lessons and experiences we have are never easy ones. But...

Hard Sleep

Hard sleep comes in waves

Troubled men and events

Confusion and repetition

These dreams and events repeat

Until I wake

Nothing horrible is happening

Other than loss and waiting

The men with gnarled faces are waiting too

I wake not scared

but empty

There is an emptiness in waiting

I can scream and wake Jennifer next to me

and the kids down the hall

Instead I cross my hands under my head

not drowsy or tired

But awake in my emptiness

Awake in the clarity of this moment

I know nothing

Yet the cla...

MLK Jr. Day

Today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Public employees have it off while many private employees do not.

This is a “floating” holiday for many, like Veterans Day has also become. I don’t know how you “float” celebration of MLK Jr. or Veterans or what he or they have done for this nation. A holiday is just that, to acknowledge on a national level some part of our history and what makes us who we are. Our national pride and history seem to be a choice now.

President’s Day is a combination...

Open Letter to my Mother

Hi Mom, it’s me.

We haven’t spoken in a long time. But I got married. I know, I know, who would have thought, huh?

Yes, I even have kids now. Yes, they’re sweet kids. You’re very kind saying that they wouldn’t be anything else. You’d like Jessica. She’s the little one and is filled with love and laughter. She is pure light that kid.

And Jennifer, my wife, oh you’ve seen her. I think you would get a kick out of your daughter-in-law. Oh, you already do.

Well I wasn’t sure what you could see fro...