THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE The artist went downstairs to the big trash pile in her fenced-in backyard and pulled out a large canvas painted solid black that she had carelessly thrown there yesterday while it was still wet. She …
I GOT LOST Last week, I wrote about my experience of being down in the National Forest in that huge wilderness on the Ochlocknee River; it was in the ’70s about thirty miles west of Tallahassee, Florida. I spent many …
LET ME OFF THE BUS A little fictional story based on the song, (Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree, 1972.) I turned and ran after the old VW bus when I saw its brake lights come on …
HEALING I can still feel the buoyancy of our little boat as we pushed off from the bank of the river into the fresh, honey-sweet, morning air caressing my face. At ease, I sat in the bow of the boat …
LOVE AND FAITH Love was at the top of every mountain I’ve ever climbed; faith was always at the foot; that’s why I’ll never stop climbing mountains. Jack
GOD WILL NOT BE DENIED THE PURE JOY OF HIS PLEASURES Where the valleys meet the mountains; Where the land meets the sea; Where the light meets the darkness; Where the mind defines chaos; God will not be denied the …
WHAT DO I WANT Last night on YouTube, I saw Elton John Emceeing the induction of Leon Russell into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. It was beautiful and inspiring how Elton John revealed his love for Leon Russell …
CAN THE SHOW GO ON? Isn’t it Ironic that the birds, born 65 million years ago from one of Earth’s greatest catastrophic tragedies, have become stage props for us perhaps, incurable, egocentric human beings; wonder what part we will play …
FEELING THE PAIN (a little shocking metaphor) They cut down a big beautiful, maybe 200-year-old Oak tree in my neighborhood today. The severed trunk of the big tree revealed the life rings, the age and soul experience of a magnificent …
MY SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX Whether we realize it or not we all have our own Spiritual Toolbox, all seven or eight billion of us. Many of us decided not to use them in this lifetime or even acknowledge that we have …