The small church was packed with about 250 in attendance and in order to be heard over the din of the “chosen” instrument and other assorted strings and banging things I decided to bring my gigging amp, a 50 watt vintage tube combo.
Archives for January 2014
Devil Juice
Delali Norvor is a teenage writer residing in Maryland. Delali has shared with us one of the poems from a recently published book of her poetry called Baptized in GXLD.
Becoming Me
I clearly remember sitting in my office shaking, tears streaming down my face, all my demons surrounding me while I thought about how to do the impossible, tell my employers I needed a break – I had two bosses so I had to tell my story twice. Clearly my spirit guides felt I needed to really get into the meat and bones of this fear.
What Living in Mexico Has Taught Me
“I have a lot more patience than when I came here. Also, one thing that’s hard to get your head around is that seeing the world from a different viewpoint is neither good nor bad; it’s only a different point of view.” This came from a man I talked to in San Luis de la Paz.
Excuses: Thoughts On Writing Fiction and Poetry
There are times ideas are like the morning dew on meadow grasses and wildflowers in the early hours of a spring morning. Excuses are the warm sunlight burning those ideas off. Ideas are fleeting; they easily evaporate.
Pastoral Dreams
I find Vancouver Island provides a constant source of discovery and wonder for me as we travel up and down the ribbons of highway seeking something that definitively expresses life on the island.
Wrongs and Rights Unknown
When loved ones die, their life should be celebrated, for in that celebration, they shall be immortalized. In other places, mourning seems to be the only thing that happens.
The List Maker – Part II
Meg had found it impossible to overcome the death of her children, as a consummate list maker she thought she had written her last list when fate brought two determined children to her door.
Training Dogs In Your Head – A Rant
The Internet has provided a lot of places for dog people to gather and talk about their favourite subject – dogs! But do our hypothetical discussions of “what-if” dog training do us any good without trying it out on real dogs? I’m not so sure it’s good for either us or the dogs.
Great Grandma Lived to be 101
Great grandma lived to be 101. She was funny, feisty, and mildly extravagant until the end. I remember sitting with her on the back porch a few summers ago. There was a little chatting, but mostly we sat in silence listening to the birds.That was near the last time I saw her.