Happy Children Poem
Happy Children Poem
Are all-stars, curious jugs of sunshine,
their eyes metaphors of emptiness
and fullness…
10 Tips to Plan for Your Graduation Party
Graduation Party
Graduation is just around the corner. After all that work, you must celebrate it right. The…
Dream A Dark Reality
Dream a Dark Reality
A deep darkness spreads around her. She tries to move forward but her legs are too…
The Importance of Empathy in Today’s Digital World
The Importance of Empathy
Empathy in Today's Digital World: We are in the "age of anger," according to the World…
New York: Did I Ever Tell You?
New York: Did I Ever Tell You?
Having a radio, kept Grandmother’s mind alert to what happened around the world…
The Dream Tiger
The Dream Tiger
The first time I dreamed of the tiger, he was white, beautiful, and majestic, and he was flying…
Between the Book Bindings
Between the Book Bindings
My approach to writing a novel has changed dramatically over the years. I started…
The Mississippi Reformation
Mississippi Reformation
There is a place where all of my thoughts escape—confined to an unplanned and unexpected…
How to Heal Chronic Pain
Heal Chronic Pain
Living with chronic pain is no one's idea of a picnic. Sometimes the pain can be so bad that…
Lighting a Different Kind of Fire
A Different Kind of Fire
With all the recent interest in the Olympics, and the usual speculation regarding who…
Lizard People Rule the World
Lizard People
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains," Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said. In early…
7 Old Wives’ Tales for a Younger Generation
7 Old Wives' Tales
Opening an Umbrella Indoors
Let's start with the easy one, opening an umbrella indoors. I…
Workplace Violence on the Increase
Most workplace violence is committed by men who know what they are doing and why they are doing it. A…
The Court is in Session
The court is in Session
A friend invited me once to attend a court session. He was trying to reassure me that…