The Reflective Season

Where I live, we’ve hit the time of year when nights are long and days are all to brief. And in Ohio, the sun doesn’t shine often enough to suit me. A friend invited me to go see her on the Gulf of America and I’m thinking about how great that could be. My best…

When Stars Scatter

Do you remember the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Although some of the finer points have been lost to me over the years, I remember that Ferris faked sick so he could stay home. Once his parents were sufficiently convinced of his feverish illness—all carefully executed—and his parents on their way to work, he conspired…

Shattering Fear #1

My palms were already sweating when the first lady began speaking in front of a group of men and women in sales. The speaker, an ever-smiling chatterbox who clearly loved the limelight, had asked four of us to speak. This really was beyond my comfort level and I don’t know why I said yes. The…