Falling Into Autumn
This morning, autumn finally arrived. The air, both clear and cold, the blue of the sky and the vivid colors …
Category Archives: Notes From the Margin
Recharging our Spiritual Batteries
I don’t usually write about religious or spiritual matters. You always risk opening up debate when you do because there …
Caps and Gowns
Graduation is a time of evolution in a person’s life, a ceremony that marks the transition from one phase of …
Crossing the Line; Drawing the Line
It started on Monday with a horrific explosion in a major urban center and ended on Friday in the almost surrealistic quiet of …
The Humble Servant
It isn’t every day that one sees a Pope elected. In just my own lifetime, there have only been four …
The Flavors of Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! Each year as we approach this day, the word “love” begins to get a lot more attention …
Life Without Parole
Life without parole is usually associated with a prison sentence and when we think of that, the image of a …
Monday Blues?
If you ask most people what their least favorite day of the week is, Monday invariably tends to take home …
Drinking Life, One K-Cup At a Time
Everyone needs a break now and then. It’s been nice to take a creative writing break over the past month …
Innocence Lost
Yesterday, when I heard the news about the shootings that took place in Newtown, Connecticut, I could not even think …
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