The kaleidoscope zooms in on a bright summer day with a counterclockwise turn of the dial, capturing in its light a multiplicity of stories and personalities. The kaleidoscope of people and colors twists and turns, spinning and bending. Happy people twirl into sad people, young people into old people, children…
The Tree stands tall and majestic in the heavy stillness of twilight, when daylight is waning and nightfall hasn’t yet taken hold. There is a raw ambiguity in the air – in this middle place – one foot in this world, the other stepping over the threshold to the next.…
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ~Malcolm S. Forbes “Are we going to be late? I don’t want to be late,” my son’s voice called from the back seat. “No, sweetie, we won’t be late. We have plenty of time,” I responded quickly, with…
Help me! Please! I am screaming, but the words evaporate as quickly as I can expel them from my mouth. I am thrashing and writhing, desperately grabbing at anyone who might be able to save me. There are so many people around me, all possible heroes, but none of them come…
There is something deep within us that sobs at endings. Why, God, does everything have to end? Why does all nature grow old? Why do spring and summer have to go? ~ Joe Wheeler Alas, it seems that summer is coming to an end. The daylight hours are waning and twilight…
Have you ever felt like you’re facing the wrong direction? Like you are walking left when everyone else is walking right? Like you are standing up when everyone else is sitting down? Like all the other boats are perpendicular to the water and you are the lone boat that is…