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  Available now on pre-order!  Nothing So Broken  - war, memoir, more. Today we provide a precerpt (an excerpt from a book not yet published) -  -mayhem-   One of the most frustrating things about Steven was also one of the most impressive things about Steven . He was a gifted athlete. I remember an autumn afternoon, he had me pinned to the ground, sitting atop my chest, knees digging into my arms as he pounded away. The blows struck my eyes and cheeks like padded hammers while I squirmed and launched my hips upward, trying to buck him off. When enough was enough, he jumped off me and back into the mayhem of some made-up game involving a football. I stumbled toward the house, crying, certain that Steven had knocked one my eyeballs out of its socket. Kids were chasing other kids around the yard, and my eye must have been lying on the grass somewhere. I hoped nobody stepped on it because then I’d be blinded for life. I’d have to wear a patch like Snake Plissken in...

  With all the serious stuff in everyone's lives these days -- economy, covid, elections --it seemed that Friday the 13th needed a little levity. So herewith is a blog post from The 100th Lamb, a blog maintained by Elizabeth Mahlou (MSI Press author of Blessed Atheist and A Believer-in-Waiting's First Encounters with God ). Although Elizabeth no longer maintains the blog, the posts are still available. May it bring a smile to you this evening. A kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put his boots on. He had asked for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn’t want to go on. When the second boot was on, she was nearly out of breath. She almost whimpered when the little boy said, “Teacher, they’re on the wrong feet.” She looked and sure enough, they were. It wasn’t any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She managed to keep her cool as they worked together to get the boots back on – this time on the r...