I am writing this for the Easter season, because, for me right now, many of the readings are hitting very hard. The prayer that God should take away our hearts of stone and give us natural, human hearts--wow! Even the drowining of Pharaoh's army in the sea seems different this year. Because who is Pharaoh? And what is that reading really saying ( Read more... )

Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents. I intended to make a movie memorializing all the children killed in Gaza, but it's beyond me. Nothing I could do could touch the raw truth. So I am linking to a CNN film of a loving grandfather and granddaughter. There is some disturbing imagery, as CNN itself reported ( Read more... )

I am posting this here, in the open, with some trepidation. My heart has been breaking for the Palestinians for years--actually decades--now. If I am kicked off of livejournal because of what I say, well at least I have spoken the truth as I see it ( Read more... )

In the library where I work, there’s a popular series of thrillers for adults. It has, I believe, reached 21 books and counting. There are audiobooks and even a TV show, and titles in the series have been bestsellers. The series I’m referring to is the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva. When I first heard of it, the main character-spy, killer, ( Read more... )

Like millions of others, I am in shock. I'm deeply upset by what happened in Washington DC yesterday, on the feast of the Epiphany. Our democracy, such as it is, has survived for another day. But here's the thing ( Read more... )

A belated wish for Happy Holidays to all my friends, whatever you celebrate. And may 2021 be a better year than 2020!

Here's another poem inspired by a prompt I gave in writing club. We were to write a new verse for Frosty the Snowman or a new chapter in his life. I had fun with it, and i hope you will, too ( Read more... )

I have some trepidation in writing this, but I think it’s necessary. Here goes ( Read more... )

In a modern fantasy series (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, by Michelle Paver), the young hero is called the listener. The author explains that this is because the boy Torak is an expert hunter. Even though we humans are very visual, the boy perceives more about the natural world by listening than he does by looking.

I’ve quoted this before, but I ( Read more... )

A quick quiz: What do Ahed Tamini and Emma Gonzalez have in common?


( Read more... )