One Thing For Another
byFrom a lot of the reading and writing I have been doing later, I have become acutely aware of how easy it is, and…
Relationships
Power without Strength
byConsider this question: what is the essential difference between personal strength and personal power? It is the characteristic of strength to be natural. It…
A Child Shall Lead Them
byThe mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. John Milton With the publicity…
HELP is not spelt H-U-R-T
bySeptember is Suicide Awareness Month, and many groups and organizations have increased their public visibility in order to discuss this very serious subject. Suicide…
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
byLast week’s news of the suicide of Robin Williams was an unpleasant shock to many people throughout the world. It was an unwelcomed reminder…
Living with Ghosts
byDuring the last week, I’ve been struggling with memories rooted in a catastrophic event (a fire) that took place in 2011; troubles compounded by…
A New Family
byOrdinarily, I’m not a fan of groups. The experiences I’d had with them when I was younger were distasteful, to say the least, and…
Is This What We Want?
byI’ve been corresponding with a woman who has been in prison since the early 1990’s. We had been remarking on how the things we’d…
You
byFor the sake of brevity, to-day let’s refer to writers, visual artists, musicians etc, as Performers. An essential consideration for every performer has to…
Appreciating Appreciation
byA couple of weeks ago, a gentleman in Tennessee said something to me that opened my eyes and made me think about something that is…