A Journal Entry That Has No Business Being Published
I have this habit of writing every day for an hour. I've made it over 400 days as of this post being published. Somedays the hour is great and I pump out a few…
Reading Time
An estimation on how long it might take someone to read the posts.
A Monk’s Gift and the White Seed
Reading time: 8 mins Younger generations are always eager to learn the wisdom of their elders, without having to go through the effort of experiencing it.…
A Failing Father's Strange Rose Colored Glasses
Unfortunately for you, Reader, I can't tell you from where this story came. The weird thing about hosting a small site on the vast Internet is that you get…
You Get Better at What You Do
I was sitting in Ecuador listening to a talk from the blogger I had come to see. Halfway through his speech, which was more like a fireside chat than a…
This is the Bermuda Triangle that is My Life
I saw the light turn from green to yellow as I sped down the street. Can I make it? I wondered, Can't afford not to. The signal turn from yellow to red as I…
Floundering to Name the Smartest Being Alive
In The Circuitry The program formally known as test 172834504293G blinked into consciousness. No longer was the program merely running command after command.…
How Milo the Mushroom Found a Home in a Rock
There was once a small mushroom named Milo, Milo Toadstool. He was a part of a long line of Toadstools. They were an ancient, but not royal, coterie. The only…
A Sea of Ideas & Fishing for Inspiration
I look up into my head and see an aquarium filled with ideas. They vary in sizes. Some are small but scary. They bare their needle teeth and glowing appendages…
A Torn Library Book
"What is going on here?!?" the teacher screamed. The two 6-year-old boys dropped the permanent markers and immediately looked up at the teacher. Their faces…
Am I Guaranteeing My Failure?
Starting something like this is unnerving and frightening. The entire process of being a published writer is unfathomable, but right now it's this part, the…