Life as a Miracle: Seven Turns

Life as a Miracle: Seven Turns

We’ve returned from a visit with forty-year friends, a couple with whom we ‘co-courted’. Courting seems a quaint term, perhaps, but applies because we were all beyond ‘dating’ and, well, date is a calendared term linked to age…...
Living Life as a Miracle: US

Living Life as a Miracle: US

On Monday I shared my view of an enormously satisfying event and I hope that you’ve been graced with sighting it, too: a Taurid meteor shower. What a treat of Nature! “Look! Up in the sky, it’s —-!”...
“You are a shooting star”

“You are a shooting star”

On Saturday night, a group of us were witness to an other-worldly sight, a spectacle that began with a sparkler streaking left to right across the sky…it dissolved into a green flash, larger and stronger than the sunset over the ocean type. We were among...
Double entendre words

Double entendre words

We’re all aware of double entendre, a French phrase that masks dirty tricks of language, sexual innuendo and such. I recall an embarrassing attempt to titter beyond my parent’s Squaresville comprehension once as a teen. Only once. Nevermore…I’d...
Not Melancholy – Mellencamp

Not Melancholy – Mellencamp

I was working my network to become a back-up singer for John Mellencamp, when – Hey, wait, if you find that unbelievable, I certify that he’s a Hoosier. Look up his bio, listen to his song lyrics, note his enduring support of Farm...
Character

Character

I am writing a sequel to my novel, Stashes. I miss my characters: Jackie and Steve Breeden, pictured to perfection on the cover by the illustrator, Cliff Cramp (yup, he of the Star Wars dvd covers’ fame). I miss their life misadventures, and there was an open...