The weight of it is crushing, suffocating. 50 dead. 53 injured. Another city in mourning. Heartbreak throughout the world. In his gospel, Luke tells us the story about the man possessed by demons.… Read More »Legion
Betsy was divorced and single for 13 years. She dated different men, had fun. Then she met an Anglican – as in English – priest named David 12 years younger than she through… Read More »Longings
The band Three Dog Night tells us that “one is the loneliest number.” We go into a restaurant by ourselves, and the hostess asks, “Just one?” Free concert tickets offered… Read More »More than words can say
A purple mist has fallen gently over the earth since the recent announcement of Prince’s death. Another shooting star has blazed through the night sky and disappeared over the horizon.… Read More »Purple Mist
Stories abound about Uncle Ira. When we visited the farm in Kansas where he lived with his wife, my mother’s Aunt Tune, he always supplied us with 7-Ups and a… Read More »Uncle Ira and Breakfast
At an area called the Children’s Pool on the beach at La Jolla, CA, two groups of people locked themselves into a long running controversy over harbor seals that like… Read More »Remember What Peace
“The woods were full of peril—rattlesnakes and water moccasins and nests of copperheads; bobcats, bears, coyotes, wolves, wild boar; … rabies-crazed skunks, raccoons, and squirrels; merciless fire ants and ravening… Read More »Rattlesnakes, Water Moccasins and Nests of Copperheads ~ Oh, my!
Hearts of darkness haunt the recently released movie “Race” about Jesse Owens’ athletic career in track and field. At the beginning of the movie, Jesse and a friend board a bus… Read More »A Flash of Black
Nine parts dust and one part light, Just motes that shimmer on the air, Like stars, for one brief moment bright, We vanish even as we flare. There’s sweetness in… Read More »The Light in Lent
You can’t go home again. Thomas Wolfe, one of the most treasured authors produced by this country, says it outright in the title of his classic novel: You can’t go… Read More »Presto Valet
