O Holy Night, Ablaze in Light
Star_birth_in_Messier_83_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope) “Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is …
Category Archives: Family
Primary Wonder, Age Three
Primary Wonder, Age Three Walking with our granddaughter Whispering and waving Our wings Sniffing for bats. What do you smell …
Learning What’s Needed to Be Healed
I found this quotation at Zen Flash, and realized it’s just what I needed to hear. Nothing ever really …
Living on the Edge of the Ghostly and Unexplained
There’s so much in this world that surrounds us that we can hardly fathom, let alone explain. We keep bumping …
The Face of Bliss, While Swimming
Have you ever seen a more contented face? What is it about children and water that mixes together with such …
Major Life Changes – Writing with Toddlers (or not)
Funny how life plays these little tricks on you. When my own children were toddlers, I put my writing aspirations …
Mothers & Other Lovers, Compelling Art
What makes compelling art? Why do I find this image of mother and child, and the ones below, so powerful and …
To Mother the World
The novel I am working on is about relationships between mothers and children and all the ways that is expressed, …
Turning Anger into Action, in Ferguson and Elsewhere
I am so angry at the outcome in Ferguson, that there was no indictment to allow a court of law …
Growing Up in a Haunted House
Last October I posted a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I experienced growing up, …
