“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. I sit in darkness to write. The Preacher thinks it strange, [Read more...]
Nervous anticipation whistled through the crowd. “Would he talk over our heads? Would we be engaged or flat bored stiff?” As it turned out, we hung on the every word of renowned scholar, Dr. Scot [Read more...]
I was in the zone. Visions of possibilities danced in my head as I strode down the breezeway to view her new bedspread. Maybe a linen upholstered headboard and lovely floral draperies to flank the [Read more...]
My son lives in Malibu. I know, tough right? I sent him to college in California knowing in my mother’s heart I’d never get him back. But no matter how hard I hold on to what I know, life marches [Read more...]
They cringe and duck when they see me coming. Cue ominous tones… “Oh no, it’s her again.” One asserts bold, “It can’t be time again, we just did this.” And if they spy me before I zero in on [Read more...]
Devastation everywhere, like a giant bathtub filled to overflowing with dirty water, rushing down a drain to sodden destruction. The torrential rains were no respecter of persons, flooding [Read more...]
We looked like a bunch of goofies trading paper kiddie glasses around the semi-circle. Standing on the packed red earth at a massive new construction site, we gathered curious. Two designers, two [Read more...]
Hate Spills Venomous javelins Like a volcano of destruction, decimating anything in it’s deliberate path. Spewed to elevate belligerent divisives And decimate differents. Tainting rancid our [Read more...]
Tamping anxiety down into my hip pocket, I tried not to think about it, How bad could it be? If they let the public sign up it must be safe, though the list of health warnings on the ticketing [Read more...]
Kristen Marble has been gracious enough to share another post on my blog. A co-student in my husband Randy’s Doctoral program, I’ve gotten to know what a cool gal she is over the past two years as I [Read more...]