I wrap my jacket around me and step out into the night, quieting the screen door's creak for those sleeping. Over dew-damp grass, lit by stars I walk, to the old dock reaching out into the quiet water. I come for the chance to see the fleeting aurora, whispering green on the horizon. It flickers … Continue reading Night Meeting

"These people!" I fumed after reading yet another rant on Facebook. "Why is it so hard to just be kind?" In my anger I hammered out the perfect blog post to address the problem. To share my frustration at the anger and self-righteous rants all over social media right now. I felt compelled to speak out. … Continue reading What I Almost Said

A squirrel fell down the chimney into the fireplace a few months ago. After flinging himself repeatedly against the glass doors he hunched, weary and hopeless, beside the grate. After a few days we put a live trap in there with him. His ticket to freedom sat there, baited with peanut butter, but he refused … Continue reading Trapped

https://theperennialgen.com/?p=4501 An article I wrote for theperennialgen.com: https://theperennialgen.com/?p=4501

Covid 19 has swept through our world and our lives like a pruning knife, cutting out large portions of things we thought we couldn't live without. Pruning doesn't just trim away the excess and the dead; it gouges to the heart of the flourishing, a harsh process designed to bring forth future abundance. But for … Continue reading Pruning

Last weekend America celebrated her 244th birthday. Our citizens remembered the patriots who managed to defeat the world's greatest colonial power of the time to secure for us the hope of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Two of those soldiers were my ancestors. They were simple farmers living in a small town in … Continue reading The First Fourth