We complain and curse taxes openly but push death aside until faced with it. Bring up taxes and you can't get a word in sideways. Mention death and the oxygen runs from the room. Is it enough to know that someday you will die, and leave it at that? Everyone knows they're going to die: what's the point? … Continue reading Sure as Death and Taxes
Embracing Hope: the good and the bad
Spiritual beings having a human experience
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience ~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin I developed an interest in the paranormal during my college years. Being open to it could've increased the awareness of my own experiences. After a divorce, I moved into an old house … Continue reading Spiritual beings having a human experience
Spirits, Angels, Ghosts, and sounds in the night
Shadows come and go. You turn to look at whoever is staring at you. No one is there. A smell, a scent of perfume, tobacco, or food stirs a memory as it fills the room. The veil is getting thinner, and thinner. Some think it becomes thinner at Halloween. Others say it has become thinner … Continue reading Spirits, Angels, Ghosts, and sounds in the night
Age is in the mind: Do you know where your keys are?
The real writer please stand
The writer and two imposters faced the panel and answered questions. Among the highfalutin words sprinkled in the questions were artistic, clever, imaginative, inspiration, and creative spirit. He could be profiled as visionary or daydreamer, but so could the plumber and banker beside him. The author wanted to discuss the force that drives him to … Continue reading The real writer please stand
Writing, kids, and ADHD
Sit at the desk. Don't wiggle, don't bounce, or turn upside down. Stay. Ha ha. If a prankster posted a Keep Out sign on the school's front gate, a number of kids would conclude the sign meant them. As teacher and principal before ADD/HD became common teacher jargon, the kids struggling with moderate/severe ADD/HD symptoms … Continue reading Writing, kids, and ADHD
Something to call his own
Conor Kelman comes of age during a time when hyperactivity was unlabeled. Teachers and parents considered him to be insolent, stubborn, and difficult to control. After all, he never paid attention and was always in the wrong place. In those days, parents and teachers used the switch, belt, and paddle to correct him. The fifth-grade … Continue reading Something to call his own
Bully Target: Smart, Pretty and Shy
She put the hairbrush away and smiled at the reflection from the mirror. She couldn't remember the last time she smiled before going to school. But, this was a new school; it would be different. She looked at the floor to avoid the stares as she went to her first class. Two boys whistled at her … Continue reading Bully Target: Smart, Pretty and Shy
Making It
He received the invite. Nashville's Grand Ole' Opry. Now, it was real. Satisfaction cut through the engraved stress marks on his face that belied his young years. He had earned it. Rough schedules, racking up miles across the country, opening shows with a mixture of envy and admiration for those who had paid their … Continue reading Making It