We’re rolling into the holiday season. I mean, the Christmas decorations are already out at popular retailers. One local radio station leapt straight to all-Christmas songs all of the time shortly after Halloween was marked off of the calendar. It’s a short sprint into the end of the year. Thanksgiving will be here soon,...
Read more →“To write better you must develop your taste for truth. You have to pay more attention to what you really think, feel, see and want.” ― Jonathan Price, Put That in Writing In a state of frustration, she threw the giant question at me. “Who is good?” We had been talking about people and...
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I wasn’t sure what my day would look like this morning, but it became a rich one. Following breakfast and an enjoyable time at church (sermon point: give to bless loved ones in your life, not out of obligation), I visited the Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery right next to my neighborhood, chiefly to...
Read more →Today I got a call from my folks around 4:00 to join them and my nephew Grant at Blake’s Lotaburger for dinner. It was a welcome request, because I had not ate anything worthwhile all day until I joined them for dinner. Grant loves Blake’s like I and my folks do, so it was...
Read more →It was a pretty normal quiet Friday today. I did not get up early to write, though. I am kind of faltering at that right now. My mind feels chronically empty. Since baseball season ended, I told myself I would use my time better in the evenings. So far, I think I have watched...
Read more →Sometimes, one of the kindest sounds is the tinnitus within my ears which rings above the silent still of being home, reminding me that solitude is a thin decibal count.
Read more →A friend and I were talking today about the wonders of this modern world we live, which included a detour in which he celebrated the marvel of online dating. I am not familiar with online dating, but he shared with me about some of his experiences. Included in his reflections was his noting how...
Read more →One day he preached a sermon, and then the next he looked at his life, and he realized the only lecture he ever wanted to again offer needed to be spoken in the clarity of his actions, in the honesty of his transactions, in the gracefulness of his interactions, in the gentleness of his...
Read more →I’ve mentioned Steven Pressfield before. Not only is he the author of a few notably good tales (including Gates of Fire and The Legend of Bagger Vance), but he is also a writer who has written about writing and being a writer. He wrote those latter books to try and help budding writers to...
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This weekend was largely enjoyable because of a mix of activities. Saturday I got up early and went out to Corrales to try and learn more about using my camera out by the river. In time, I and my sister texted and agreed to meet at the Biopark downtown for more photography adventures. On...
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I met a friend for dinner last week after work one night, and as I was driving up Menaul towards the mountains, I decided I had listened to the CD in the CD player enough for the last two weeks and I flipped over to the FM channels. I fast-forwarded through a few stations...
Read more →“Welcome to Omni Space Adventures, where No Star is Too Far™. My name is Niall. How may I help you today?” His face warped and fuzzed on the view screen. “Yes- hello- are you real?” “Of course. Punch me, and I will bawl my eyes out.” “That is a strange thing to say.” “It...
Read more →It’s a mountain to climb over- all that I know all that I see all that I owe All that I’m wanting all that I’ve blown all I deserve all that I own All that consumes me all I must say all I must accomplish all I must pay All I belong to all...
Read more →But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ~Matthew 9:13 I was walking to lunch earlier this week, just thinking about life, observing people passing by me on the sidewalk, and cars driving by in the road near work....
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