supportive environments

20th September 2020<27th September 2020

A Kind Word

‘As Coronavirus skyrockets in US, so did stress and depression.’ This was a headline on CNN.com this morning. It’s hardly news, because most of…

3rd February 2020<3rd February 2020

On 30 January, I spoke at a ‘Vigil for the World’ service at the Episcopal Church of the Mediator in Allentown PA. This is…

11th August 2019<17th August 2019

This weekend I saw a film, ‘Amish Grace’, about the Amish School House shooting in Pennsylvania in October 2006. It was an amazing film…

3rd November 2017<3rd November 2017

I’ve been guilty of it myself–trashing social media because of the many ways in which it’s abused. Political news and the haranguing that follows;…

18th February 2017<18th February 2017

I’ve been researching a new writing project, and I came across something called ‘The Clown’s Prayer’. I’ve been unable to find any information about…

28th September 2016<28th September 2016

It’s been over a month since I last published, and there have been numerous changes in my life to explain my silence. I have…

21st August 2016<22nd August 2016

Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin I’m ready Hello! Hooray! Let the lights grow dim We’ve been ready (Rolf Kempf) Here I am, Shakespeare’s…

17th July 2016<17th July 2016

Many years ago, I was in a fish market in Chinatown. A woman came in to buy a fish, and pointed out the live…

17th June 2016<17th June 2016

Last evening, I talked with a friend about the things that have been going on in the country in the last few weeks. More…

16th April 2016<16th April 2016

A while back I wrote an article in which I referred to Limbo. I live at the moment in an inexpensive motel in a…