Would you want to know when you were going to die? The date. The time. The place. The how? I fear with a deadline of my mortality looming I would begin a panicked list, beanstalk high, of what I [Read more...]
What is happening to us? Land of the free, home of the brave. A country of great pride and privilege. Yet a land fraught with violence. The shocking statistic, we average a mass shooting (four or [Read more...]
“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...]
I rubber-necked as we whizzed by several small ski shops. Whaaat?? Snow skiing in Israel? Wouldn’t you just love to know who the first Israelite skier was? I picture a turbaned man with robes [Read more...]
Breath held, white knuckles exposed, we ride toward the epic climax. Transported through space and time, we dare believe this impending disaster can reverse itself into a victory for our hero. The [Read more...]
As I drape their garlands, and trim their trees with all sorts of baubles and sparkles and ribbons and shine, I turn my phone soft to soothing Jazz Christmas tunes and hum along. “It’s that time of [Read more...]
The city lights winked and twinkled magic as my son and I strolled giddy down a quiet Paris boulevard. On a satisfied high, full from a repast of Sea Bass swimming in a perfectly infused sauce, I [Read more...]
What is wrong with us? Where is the goodness And the patient grace And the love of our fellowman? Bullies degrade Racists divide Murderers in the name of vengeance, Slaughterers for a God I [Read more...]
He had a funny look on his face. I knew something was up. As he led me down the hall to our room, he prefaced the bomb with, “Now don’t worry, I’ll get it out…” And then I began to feel the [Read more...]
We all have preconceived ideas. We may even think we would recognize one or at least sense that is something off. This one happens to be beautiful, green, and leafy But is a killer just the [Read more...]