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This is Part II of yesterday’s excerpt of The Angel Twin.  In short, it is the rest of the chapter.  This is day three of the NaNoWriMo...

Note:  this is an excerpt from the NaNoWriMo writer’s challenge that I have decided to participate in.  I have never tried to write a...

I have not lived in my neighborhood for all that long—three years. In those three years, every morning that I possibly could I sat...

After six weeks of unwinding my business and four weeks of packing up used to be my office, I stand upon the precipice of a big “what’s...

When the top was rolled up, twelve small drawers outlined the top of the desk, dropping down into other small compartments and shelving,...

A lifetime of work behind me, for the moment—I find myself “retired,” not even sure that I have any infinity at all with that word. To...

Meanwhile, back in America’s backyard, food insecurity is directly related to unemployment and poverty and is fueled by hopelessness. A...

The shoes, when lying on a carpet, looked like they should have an empty martini glass and a black lace bra lying next to them… real...

Each year I plan a retreat for my community. This year I am bringing Dr. James Finley to Boulder, CO on September 20, 21 and 22, 2013 to...

There are decisions and choice points in each of our lives that are the needle piercing the cloth, carrying the thread that weaves its...

Tucked into a quiet Topanga Canyon, then home to artists, musicians, spiritual seekers and rabid vegetarians, was a place called Elysian...

Natalie Goldberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I remember—my first class with Bobbie Louise Hawkins, how she did timed writing and sang...

At four my parents divorced and my father relocated to Glacier National Park, which presented a whole different pallet of nature than...

The water is cool in hot desert sun, and she loves the sun, loves how it feels on her skin. This is her world; A mother and father who...

It was soft at first. The words of a small Pakistani girl named Malala who said “educate girls,” and strung together sentences on a blog...

We live in a climate that does not fully support mental health. I am not just talking about the ability to talk to a psychologist or have...

This week the house decided on an abortion bill that will do nothing to create jobs, protect the economy, reduce student debt or give a...

Fear is an old and unwelcome friend that seems to find a way to seep under locked doors like yellow smoke, wrapping its self around me....

English: American Robin in Nest lies on the eggs, picture taken in Ontario Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Nature has everything to...

Julia’s family was not the first in Elbert to get a telephone, but when they did she was amazed and even proud. It was, for her, a...