Walking three miles is easy when you're holding hands with a blue-eyed boy and planning your future travels together. That's what I did this afternoon. Between laundry and other chores, between writing computer code and watching Friends, we decided to take a walk. It was a lovely day. Seventy degrees…
Memorial Day
There is a burial ground which ought to be visited today. It is broad, vast, immense. The horizon line of this field runs the length of my comprehension, and continues to a place I cannot go, not even in my dreams. Beneath the golden plain, beneath the purple sky, are…
Glowin'
The digital clock in the truck's dashboard flicked over to 12:51 as I pulled back into my parking space. Broad tree limbs swayed above my truck cab, providing shade from the noon-day heat. My lunch break had been spent at a nearby park, barefoot in the grass, reading about…
Drowning
In a cluster of doubtful cedars, branches laden with despair, is an ink-black pool of water surrounded by obsidian stones. When a girl on a journey stops to rest, wandering into the woods, she thanks her god for shelter and moves to take a seat. She pauses at the poolside,…
Choose, Choosing, Chosen
When the World was less than nothing, God was sovereign. He set Time in its track and knows the length of its course. Creation of the living and the non-living, emotions and intentions, all of these He conceived first. Nothing, no one, is outside of His absolute domain. Do I…
Choleric
On days like this one, the River of Constant Thought that cuts a reliable, refreshing swathe through the heavy jungles of my brain... shuts off. I can't remember things. I can't think of a better word for "things" than "things." And it irritates me. Thus begins the derision of my…
In the Interest of the Unprotected
On April 16, 2007, a young man, a college student, an English major, carried out the bloodiest school shooting in history. His name was everywhere in the months that followed. He will not be named here. He didn't deserve what amounted to fame for his crime. In fact, simply acknowledging…
A Black Eye for YouTube
Preface: The video described within this blog posting is heinous and hard to watch. It turned my stomach. For that reason, along with the reason behind my thesis found herein, I ask that you do not seek out this video. It's unnecessary, at best. At worst, it has the potential…