Some say “fear is the absence of faith.” And if we accept that as true, one might also conclude that the inverse would be just as true, and faith would be the absence of fear. Yet there are others who say “Faith is not the absence of fear, but the...
My football season begins and ends with the Seattle Seahawks. Once Seattle is “done,” then so am I. (The only exception is an occasional peek at the Green Bay Packers, if they’re still in the playoffs.) That makes me a fickle fan, I guess. Born in...
Starting Tuesday afternoon, January 12th, and running for six weeks, I was supposed to be teaching a writing class for “seniors” (over 50) at the Columbia Education Center (Gray’s Harbor College’s Ilwaco campus). The official title was:...
Morph, short for “metamorphosis” —an emergence, or change. I started writing this blog on January 15, 2009. I wanted to create “an online presence” for agents, publishers, and readers who might like to find out how I think before “signing...
A Dream List looks suspiciously like a delineation of goals or “New Year’s Resolutions.” The difference is that when you spin it this way, you’re a lot more likely to smile instead of grimace as you write them. The focus is not on what you need...
As far as I know, none of my “family of origin” managed to get together for Christmas dinner this year. As you may have surmised, my blood relatives are not all that close. Although I was invited to my brother’s, given my current mental (and medical)...
