“Truth & Love Wins” Redux
I am happy to report that at least in one very narrow slice of life, truth and love has indeed …
Category Archives: Family
Hauntings, Ghosts, & Demons I Have Known
As Halloween draws near, I like to repost a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I …
13 Ways of Looking at Dying, Just Before, and the Moment After
My mother died seven years ago this month, which is also the month I was born. I wrote a short …
“Wondrously Strange,” Our Crossing to the Marquesas
I was reading from some of my old sailing journals when I came across this entry. It captures …
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 …
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 …
