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May 13, 2016
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Audiobook of Genesis is now available
May 12, 2016
In three-quarter time…
(excerpt from Chapter 13 of A New Eden…)
When she came to him, his left hand took her right. His right hand went to the small of her back. As he moved her in a slow circle to the country waltz, she closed her eyes, willing herself to let go.
Would that you could be
Mine then we would be
All that two should be,
Dancing in time. . . .
He had drawn her close, and it was all she could do to keep from leaning in and letting her cheek rest against his, from letting her lips brush his neck, to ta...
May 9, 2016
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May 7, 2016
Audiobook edition of Genesis, in production (update: now available!)
Genesis audiobook cover art Update 5/13/16! The audiobook of Genesis, Part I of Idolatry, is now available on Amazon,Audible, and soon, if not already, iTunes.
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Genesis narrator, acclaimed voice actor Robin Field In the twilight of the Roman Empire, a sculptor struggles to keep an 800-year dream alive while honoring the love of his life and raising his adopted son. Part I of the epic five-par...
Audiobook edition of Genesis, in production
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Genesis narrator, acclaimed voice actor Robin Field In the twilight of the Roman Empire, a sculptor struggles to keep an 800-year dream alive while honoring the love of his life and raising his adoptive son. Part I of the epic five-part Idolatry series, in which a wealthy young heir and a devout Christian girl find themselves at the heart of a 2400-year struggle fo...
May 6, 2016
Suite Boxes
(by the grace of J.S. Bach)
Came gift after gift, suite boxes of sixes,
Soft muffle of canon rolled in from the sea,
A fugue led us laughing through harmony hedges,
A maze to a garden delight.
The tumbles of flora, so masterfully petalled,
A founting of blue rising high till it fell.
We left the day’s dress behind waterfall curtain,
Stepped through to wash memory away.
We waded cascades till the river ran deeply,
Surrendered all will to the strength of still flow,
We lay on the s...
May 3, 2016
The Gravity Field
She lay naked, face up, head to the north, feet to the south, arms outstretched, hands east and west, eyes full of stars. Beneath her back, the lumped clods of dirt and broken carcasses of last season’s grain, moist from the night’s dew, served well enough for pillow and mattress, meshed with her hair, pressed against her bare skin. The cloudless sky offered no protection. She needed none. She took in the universe until she found her place again in the solar system, in the galaxy, feeling the...
April 30, 2016
Another Dance
She had gone from expecting too much and forgiving too long, to trusting too little and finding all wrong. She sat with her coffee, waiting for her next chance to walk through the door, determined to see him for what he was, appreciate him for what he might be, and should they dance, she would dance, lightly, with her feet on the ground.
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April 29, 2016
Off Starboard
“Captain, I think you should come to the bridge, sir.”
“What is it, Mably?”
“Here, look through the glass, sir. At three o’clock. A ship, sir.”
“Where?”
“Closer in, sir.”
“I still don’t see it.”
“Closer, sir.”
“Oh—that. That’s not a ship, Mably. That’s a boat. A dugout canoe.”
“What could they be doing all the way out here, sir? They’re making straight for us. Do you think they need to be rescued?”
“If so, it won’t be by us.”
“But, why not, sir? Their little boat hardly looks seaworthy.”
“Th...
