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August 31, 2016
Likeness In Gratitude
So, I’ve got the new job. And I am grateful. Life will be a little easier for me, on me, for now on. I want to take a moment and reflect on that, not because I think that so many people have been ungrateful in their lives or the things…
August 20, 2016
Catch-22
It’s been a long day of four days being out of town, again, this summer. And sitting down, looking out of the hotel window, I felt like writing a little. It’s been really difficult adjusting to my new position (and preparing for my permanent one for this Fall.) One of…
May 30, 2016
Summer Comes…
I took a hike today at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park by myself and brought some books to read along the way, including Anne Dillard. “An infant is a pucker of the earth’s thin skin; so are we. We arise like budding yeasts and break off; we forget our beginnings. A mammal swells and circles […]
April 21, 2016
Interstate
The other day I was driving through the countryside with the windows down, sun shining, music going and like many long drives, my mind began to wander and I felt the need to examine myself and some of the places I’ve been in life. As if I had to assert myself and my behavior to […]
March 24, 2016
A Year of Forgiveness
We’re only a few months into 2016. I made a commitment last winter in January, realizing the changes ahead, to be a more forgiving person in my life. ‘A Year of Forgiveness’ is also the working title of a longer story I’ve been working on. It deals a lot with motifs of a father and […]
March 8, 2016
Molding the year, shedding the winter
It’s shaping up to be a great year for writing. I’ve been invited to Denver this July to be a feature for a second annual flash fiction festival hosted by my friend Nancy Stohlman. Nancy is also helping me develop some concepts for another writing project I have going, so far only at about fourteen […]
February 22, 2016
Job 38:1-41
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: ‘Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its […]
January 21, 2016
Finding Arizona
I took a five day vacation to Phoenix last week to visit some family, specifically my cousin, who moved there last summer. Aside from all the fun and going over memories, general bonding, we took a day and half trip up to the Superstition Mountains. We spent the night there camping. I think it was […]
December 15, 2015
Warren, OH
So, last weekend I drove to Warren to see a friend from work’s art show opening. While Tony is a traditionally trained artist from Bowling Green U., he works alongside myself at the grocery store in the graphics department. I’d never been to Warren. Nearby Youngstown was the only thing I knew and even that […]
November 30, 2015
Afraid at Thirty-five
I was talking to one of my co-workers today about my choice and decision to go back to school for journalism at Kent this Spring. On one hand, I could save money to buy a condo or town home, move out of state or save for an inevitably likely new car. But I’m not. And […]
