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Hate Has No Home Here – El Odio No Tiene Hogar Aqui
Hate Has No Home Here – El Odio No Tiene Hogar Aqui I took a long walk one day in January, my first since before Thanksgiving, when the holidays and holiday travel, and rainy weather, put my regular walking routines on hold for two months. And on this walk in January, along the way, I...
My Friend Jackie – Non-Fiction Story Excerpt
My Friend Jackie - Non-Fiction Story Excerpt December 2016 Late Christmas Eve. We had just arrived home from our traditional tamale dinner at my sister’s home and I sat down at my desk for a moment to open my email. New emails bounced in. One, from a former government coworker -...
A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still.
A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still. Last year, as Thanksgiving approached, I went to the cemetery and sat in the...
A Bowl of Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup & Generational Wealth
A Bowl of Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup & Generational Wealth The photo of this posting is of a bowl of my homemade turkey noodle soup - made with the remains of the 21lb. turkey and stuffing that I had made for a Thanksgiving family gathering with my sister this year. And for the stuffing, I...
Yet in Thy Dark Streets Shineth the Everlasting Light, the Hopes & Fears of All the Years are Met in Thee Tonight
Yet in Thy Dark Streets Shineth the Everlasting Light, the Hopes & Fears of All the Years are Met in Thee Tonight I have always loved Christmas and everything about it. I loved my dad bringing home the live Christmas tree tied on top of our old green Chevy, or whatever other used car we...
An Art Musing – As I Began this Posting, as I Contemplated this Cropped Photo, I Searched My Soul for a Title.
An Art Musing – As I Began this Posting, as I Contemplated this Cropped Photo, I Searched My Soul for a Title. With a work of art, there is usually a focus, a subject, or perhaps more, a germinal or central thought or theme, helping to birth whatever the artist comes to create. Sometimes the...
Sleepwalk – Non-Fiction Story Excerpt – “As I walked over the playground towards…where our 7th grade classroom was, all of a sudden, I was surrounded by a pack of boys from my class all shouting and waving their arms and I noticed also a group of the girls a little farther on watching all the commotion around me”.
Introduction: "Sleepwalk" is a non-fiction story of about 145 pages, which deals with my relationship at my Catholic elementary school, with two classmates, a girl and a boy, both initially developing in different ways in 6th grade, and with certain events, and with my interactions with my...
Hampstead Cemetery, London – When I Showed Him the Slip of Paper with the Gravesite Number, the Young Man Said, “Oh, this is in the paupers’ section. You’ll Never Find It. I’ll Take You There.”
“Oh, this is in the paupers' section. You’ll Never Find It. I’ll Take You There.” This photo is of a portion of Hampstead cemetery located in the north side of London, that I took during my visit to the UK in 2008. I’ve always liked cemeteries. For me they have always been...