Anger

Anger isthe bastard child,black sheep,danger to the flock. This I know,for I’ve been told.  But, by night,when the world is still,I slip out the back doorto find anger huddledin darknessat the yard’s edge.  “What do you want?” I...

I (Still) Hate Skittles

(Re-posting this story, originally written when the twins had just turned four, because every year I dread the CANDY, CANDY, CANDY of Halloween and, every year, my kids’ joy and excitement help lead me through.) I hate Skittles.  I do not want to, as the...

Back When I Was A Crumudgeon (#SmallWonder Link-Up)

(Photo Source) The seminary’s married housing sprawled in a series of low brick buildings some five miles from campus.  There the newly married, newly empty-nested and a few brave families with young children resided in dilapidated cinder-block two-story...

Living is Believing

‘Tis curious that we only believe as deep as we live.  Emerson, Beauty She was bent at the waist, plucking at the ground near the swings, hunting and pecking like a chicken and I thought for a minute that maybe she’d lost something.  When we reached the...

Taking out the Trash (an invitation to Love)

“If what you see from the eye doesn’t please you, then close your eyes and see from the heart.” – Anonymous I watch as the tall white plastic container slowly fills throughout the day.  By evening it’s reached maximum capacity and I do a...
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