Nobody becomes depraved overnight. - Juvenal After a long movie dream involving a caravan trapped in a collapsed cavern, an insane a...

 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfill all that he promised. -- ...

The church sanctuary reminded me of my old middle school gymnasium: high ceiling, stage, backboards at the long ends of the space, hardwood...

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but realizing our kinship with all beings. - Pema...

I am open to the guidance of synchronicity and do not let expectations hinder my path. - The Dalai Lama I woke up this morning to snow -- a ...

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards." -Lewis Carroll Today's my last full day in Mount Carroll for a whi...

T he room was crowded and most of the chairs in front of the make shift stage were full. You'd think after spending so much time in fro...

They marched into the room one at a time shadows from the valley of death every long hair atop their heads wound tight and high and kept in...

4/3: Fallen Cedar My landlord’s sons made short work of the fallen cedar in the side yard and hauled it away in the beds of several full-siz...

S ince I had the cash, I went against my better judgment and decided to pay rent. The next day I woke up in the late afternoon and walked up...

I’ve always hated the smell of hospitals. The particular odor of death, urine, and bleach that’s unique to all hospitals and nursing homes f...

3. A fter I got off the phone with Red, though, I was in no mood to growl at the kids for hitting my door. I was in no mood to growl at anyb...

We pour over the program the way our grandmothers poured over the bible and with just as much expectation. If the Jockey’s named Jesus, we l...