NOTE: This is a rewrite of an article written back at the first LLI, Planning for the Fog, re-posted here today for all of our NaNoWriMo writers and everyone else needing a little extra encouragement as we prepare to enter the long stretch called the holidays. Stand Up to Your Obstacles and Do Something About Them, You Will… Read More
Walking on the Moon
Last night, after dinner in the dining room, our family did something we almost never do. In fact, it’s so rare, I can’t think back to the last time it happened. We sat down as a family to watch live television. It won’t take a psychic to figure out what we were watching. It was the same thing on every… Read More
High Flying Faith
Back and forth. Small feet pushing into the air, reaching, calves and legs that stretch and then-pull back, commanding that pocket of air to follow along, backward, back, back and then swoosh…head thrown back, arms, fingers gripping the chain, full body press, and legs, feet , stretched-out toes, press to the sky, commanding the air, communing with birds,… Read More