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The Monster

Here’s my latest from Flash!Friday Vol. 3-29 which required the presence of an author in addition to the photo prompt. He knew it was coming and there was no way getting around it. The monster stood before him, in the middle of the room, front and center, glaring at him and baring its big white teeth. […]

Yahweh’s Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden

Originally posted on Mythology Matters:
Hebrew Bible scholars have long recognized that the writer who penned the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and much other narrative in the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (called the Pentateuch, or Torah) had a distinctly anti-Canaanite agenda, and that his anti-Canaanite polemic…

Conservative Christians Don’t Know Jack S**t About Jesus (or, My Two Cents on Gay Marriage)

Here are just a few quotes from those good ol’ Conservative Christians on yesterday’s US Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the United States: Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that,” Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. Mike Huckabee warned the the legalization of […]

Daily Kitchen Meditation: Preparation

“At the center of a life based on harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility is that inner peace that results from accepting one’s limits and finding satisfaction with the incomplete.” –Soshitsu Sen XV, Tea Life, Tea Mind Are you a perfectionist around the kitchen? Do you get upset when the fish is overcooked, the asparagus comes out […]

Author Interview: Emily June Street about The Gantean

Originally posted on Tamara Shoemaker, YA Fantasy Author:
I’ve been excited for a long time to host Emily June Street on my blog. I’ve lived in a perpetual state of amazement for her as editor, flash fiction contributor, reviewer, book formatting genius, and now author. I’ve had the privilege to read two of her books…

Daily Kitchen Meditation: Entry

“It must be hard to be hungry when food is plentiful”  –Gita Menta Do you experience unsettling emotions and anxious feelings more acutely before you eat? Food takes on a different significance as you approach mealtime. Fortunately, being mindful of your emotions can moderate and heal your appetite to eating. The key to moderating mealtime […]

Architectural Theory

This little piece was written for The Angry Hourglass Round 66 based on the photo prompt below. “He did what!?” “Wrote ‘Love Me’ in big bold white letters,” answered Victoria. “Well I never,” said the stately old neighbor. “Glad I won’t ever have to see it…” She watched the shades close over Victoria’s normally big, […]

Love

Her name, thick with the heavy aroma of guttering liquid light, rose and fell with his breath, unlocked his shackles and untied his wings. His stomach fluttered. Lifting him in her soft petaled hands, she carried him, his chest expanding, across vast expanses of desert, past waves rooted in the depths rising like flowers. Far […]

Casey Jones

Here’s my latest from Flash!Friday Vol. 3-28. In addition to the prompt, the piece had to include reference to deja vu. Most of those who commented said they had to read it twice…Sucks to be this guy. She slipped on her nightgown and lit her cigarette. She used to smoke afterward, because, well, it helped […]

Daily Kitchen Meditation: Eating

So last night, when I began this little series of posts on kitchen inspirations and daily meditations, I forgot to mention the name of the book from which these originate: It’s called Meal by Meal: 365 Daily Meditations for Finding Balance through Mindful Eating by Donald Altman. Today’s topic is titled, simply, “Eating.” I can resist everything […]