The Marooner’s Stone

Wendy knew the story of Marooner’s Rock. It was named by evil captains who abandoned sailors there. They would drown when the rising tide covered them.   *   *   * Soon after the dinghy was gone, two feeble cries drifted over 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...

All There Is

The ruddy Cardinal perched in the barren peach tree and the Robin who wings from branch to fence by way of the garden, these and more who fill the air each day, pose a persistent question: When will you realize? The song your heart sings is enough; that song...

For the Fathers

  “Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.” Brene Brown Sometime in the land before time, by which I mean the time before I was, my older brother woke in the middle of the night to the low rolling growl of a...

Abraham and Judas

Abraham and Judas How often have I exchanged the promise of a good and spacious land for something narrower or betrayed the possibility of freedom for the certainty of thirty pieces of silver? Photo rights:...
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