The Stirring Sound of Hot Chocolate

The Stirring Sound of Hot Chocolate

While Californians don’t experience the gloom of mid-winter or post-holiday blues, we’ve had our share of rainy days. Dark skies make me glum and vanquish a chipper mood. Hot chocolate – or chai tea – mediates a glum attitude. I’m an...
Rejection is Protection

Rejection is Protection

Rejection is sometimes protection in God’s perfect will. Tailormade for your wishes, desires, and needs. Decreed by His Spirit to guard your heart, He holds you in His hands. “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” and yet he singled out you....
Life’s Third Act

Life’s Third Act

When it comes to understanding what happens to people as they go through life, the unending topsy-turvy of daily life, one needs expert guidance and insight. Jane Fonda’s got wisdom to share and it’s worthy to watch. Harvard does, too. In its 85 years of...
Process vs. Product

Process vs. Product

Though I’m less insecure than when I joined this group, I choose to remain within its fold. I’m no longer abashed by my lack of credentials, such as the vaunted MFA, nor cowed by the critique received in a group of honest and well-wishing peers. I feel...
Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended

Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended

Enjoy this writerly advice from a famous writer. He dispensed the advice on New Year’s Day. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing...
The Seamless Move from size M to L

The Seamless Move from size M to L

There was a time when I was slim, so skinny that if I stuck my tongue when I turned sideways, I’d look like a zipper. But I was never petite. While I consider myself to be medium height, I never reached the six-foot prediction made the pediatrician, his decision...