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February 2017

February 18, 2017

On the Eve of my Father’s Death

I am writing this at 6:35 p.m. on February 18, 2017. A year ago at...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

Reconciliation: My Presidential Address to the Association for Mormon Letters, 2011

Sunday, March 20, 2011: I am writing this talk at my father’s hospital bedside. We...

June 10, 2016

Birthday Thoughts

On June 7, I turned sixty-one. My two best friends, Jackie Selck Clegg and Elizabeth...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

On a Day When I Miss My Dad

I put a photo of an ultrasound into Dad's coffin on February 27. The viewing...

March 2016

March 19, 2016

Burning Bush

I talked with my father about death quite often. I was always with him at...

March 11, 2016

Robert Blair Obituary, Part 4: The Story Teller’s Last Stories

Note: This post includes a photo of Robert Blair's lifeless body in the last part. ...

March 10, 2016

Death of a Latter-day Saint

Embedded in this post is a youtube link to my father's funeral. This is something...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

We Tend to Resurrect in my Family

We have frequent resurrections in my family. My brother Bobby suffered a hip-pulverizing injury in...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

My brother–in an Otavalo cemetery

This beautiful essay is by my brother, Dell Blair. Dell and I love Central and...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

CAVES, CLOISTERS, AND TEMPLES (Part 2)

(Part I of this series is here.) Cloisters When my friend Robinlee and I visited...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

That “Third” Conversation? Never, No Never!

Fourth grade can be terrible. Not only do you get introduced to hard math, but...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

I Broke Down at the Veil

In this post, I'm going to include something I wrote for By Common Consent in...