Imagine if writers could be like artists and put on shows but instead of hanging canvases on the walls we hang novels and poetry and songs and chapters and plays and character sketches. We would fill so many rooms with our words. Words on top of words. Words spilling out of doorways and piling up…
Listen to Penelope
Pushing through the restaurant door, Penelope breathed in the fresh spring air. It was bright but cold. The snow was finally gone, but the wind still bit at her nose. She was glad she'd worn a sweater under her puffy, pink vest which she zipped up to her chin. She adjusted her fuzzy pink earmuffs…
Lifting each other up
“A rising tide lifts all boats.” John F. Kennedy. Investment in the economy benefits all those who participate in it. Therefore, everyone in that economy, theoretically, would encourage that investment. However, a disturbing economic reality is that sometimes the more apt word picture is that of crabs in a bucket. When one begins to climb…
Inspiration for Writers
As writers, we may feel that our most productive time is spent getting the words down. But where do we find those words to begin with? And when we are burned out and our well is dry, where can we go for inspiration? Are you a writer first? A mom? A dad? Are you a…
Literature: An antidote to isolation and tragedy
Years before Susan Vreeland wrote the best selling novel Girl In Hyacinth Blue, she attended a gathering where she observed the great love of a family, the Hollys, in which both parents were blind. Below, Vreeland recounts the result of her conversation with their daughter Faith about the obstacles her parents faced in marrying and…
Of intricate design and infinite worth
He didn't have to do this. I have that thought often. When I see the variety of faces in a crowd, trees in a park, birds in the air or flowers in a meadow. When I hear the choir of a hundred different voices, the roar of a waterfall or the tone of the wind…
