Maybe I was Never a Heathen After All

  “You know how sometimes you have a fight with me in your head, and I don’t know anything about it,” my husband asked me this morning. “What if that’s what you have going with ‘The Church’ – what if you are mad at them, but they aren’t even in it, and they’re not mad at you at all?” Yesterday, I wrote a passionate poem and shared it … Continue reading Maybe I was Never a Heathen After All

Remember to Remember

  Filed under: Lessons learned from a Rap Artist, and Color Me Surprised. It’s not that I dislike rap music. I get the inherent poetry of the genre. It just hasn’t been a form of music I consciously seek out for pleasure. I’m close to fifty-years old, and I think I just missed this art form. Today I heard an artist speaking on the radio … Continue reading Remember to Remember

You Can’t Grow a Flower When it’s Dark Outside

Ever since my four-year old dressed up as Darth Vadar for Halloween, he has been wandering around the house voicing some of Darth Vadar’s best known lines, like “You don’t know the power of the Dark Side.” He borrowed a real mask from his best friend at nursery school – a mask that made the voice noises. He can mimic the great voice of James … Continue reading You Can’t Grow a Flower When it’s Dark Outside