Growing Older

REMEMBER,GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. We make a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we give.

The Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merton

Merton himself was an interesting man.  He was a twentieth century Roman Catholic monk whose writings became very popular even among nonreligious readers. 

The Gift of Love

Human touch gives comfort to our being and purpose as we hold each other close and feel the heartbeat of life inside. 

Edgar Allan Poe: Stories and Poems

Poe shared with Nathaniel Hawthorne a distinctively American vision of darkness.  And yet this vision was rendered artfully, not in a merely negative or pessimistic manner.

Birth of Rebellion

“That’s it for today,” said Axton stopping in the middle of the row. One by one the slaves began to lug their baskets toward the line of carts parked alongside the rows of crops.

“Helena” by Evelyn Waugh

Published in 1950, it concerns the titular empress and saint, who lived during the 200s and 300s A.D. and was the mother of Constantine the Great. 

An Abyss of Deep Thought

Our journey within takes us into an abyss of deep thought as our sense of being is revealed while our mindful spirit reminisces through memories in time. 

From Another World

Been trying a way to put into understandable words my current experience. Perhaps you need not understand. Perhaps I just need to see the words myself.

Understanding Critical Race Theory

The recent ban on Critical Race Theory (CRT) in federal diversity training misunderstands the concept. CRT, from my reading and experience, brings people together, rather than tearing them apart.

Crash–A Short Story

Asgrim and his father donned their equipment and were outside their small tent in the middle of battle. All around them, fires began to burn.

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