Category Archives: Writing
On Seeking
On Writing
WE ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE THE GIFT I listen to my stories; they are given to me, but they don’t come without a price. We do have to pay, with hours of work that ends up in the wastepaper basket, with intense loneliness, with a vulnerability that often causes us to be hurt. And I’mContinue reading “On Writing”
Grief
Luck
Seeming Different
on writing
We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own. We should write because humans are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us both to our own insights and to a higher level of inner guidanceContinue reading “on writing”
Elijah the Fishbite by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
As a preacher’s kid, Elijah the Fishbite was one of my favorite elementary chapter books. My son Jared and daughter Manda loved the story as well. Cat-lovers, all, I have very fond memories of sitting on our old blue sectional all cuddled up cooing over the old fashioned illustrations and reading the story, one chapterContinue reading “Elijah the Fishbite by Agnes Sligh Turnbull”
the friar patch 