The Harbinger

July 26, 2012

A thick, motionless July evening. The cicadas in full voice. A yellow leaf wafts onto the lush grass from a canopy of green above. It’s a gentle reminder that the
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Sharing

Before I got into blogging I used to keep an electronic journal. A few times a week I’d open up a Word document and write about things that mattered to
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Great

July 24, 2012

When we were great, we believed we were blessed by a universal God. We were blessed by a universal God because we were a nation of different people from different
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The Problem with Perfection

July 19, 2012

“Everything is perfect.” In speaking with a friend who recently gave up Facebook, she cited this as the reason. That seemingly every post by every person she follows is filled
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Focus

July 18, 2012

This week I’ve been in one of those patterns where I can only focus for 15-minute intervals. Max. I don’t know why, but I just lose focus for no reason.
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Apache

7:18 pm in July The thunder passes and the clouds break The cicadas start to sing At a swimming pool in the South Children splashing and playing and doing the
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The Evil that Mad Men Do

July 16, 2012

According to my mother, advertising is evil. She cites false advertising as the culprit. “You see something in the newspaper and then you go to the store, and they do
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The Practice

July 13, 2012

In a world where we’re conditioned to think big and become giants, it’s easy to feel out of touch with the world. But if you don’t feel a sense of
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Rainstorm in Tuesday Traffic

July 10, 2012

Lights on. Windows up. Wipers thumping. Frightened little children rolling along wide black lanes in shiny metal boxes. Thoughts of sunshine wander away and are replaced with wondering what’s for dinner. And
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Haze

July 9, 2012

In flying back to the US from The Bahamas recently, I had a window seat on the little 30-seater aircraft. Reaching an altitude of about 14,000 feet during the 50-minute
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