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Coins in the Fontana Di Trevi (poem)
Coins in the Fontana Di Trevi When I was 19 at the Fontana Di Trevi I tossed in three coins with the right hand over the left shoulder I lost track of where they landed among hundreds of copper and silver bits splattered like a random mosaic on the fountain’s...
The Wise and the Lowly
Something new burned in the sky that night; an astronomical object or some other supernatural phenomenon. Wise men from the east were aware of the usual night sky occurrences, and on this night, they knew something was different. They said later to Herod, after they...
How Many Kings (song)
This song below, called "How Many Kings," is full of so much meaning. I don't hear it being played quite as much during the Christmas season, but it's a lovely one to listen to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYe9sWYKdo Lyrics: Follow the star to a place unexpected...
Unwrapped
One year, not too long ago, my kids were participating in a White Elephant gift exchange at a Christmas party. We ended up wrapping a very tiny gift in a small box, and then wrapping that little box in a slightly larger box, and then wrapping that box in an even...
Choosing a Writing Critique Group – Guest Post By Andi Cumbo-Floyd
"Dangerously unselfish, my friends. I think that's what we need to be as writers. People not interested in girding up our rightness or projecting some false sense of correctness. People interested, instead, in digging into the meaty betweens where beauty and...
Poetry of the Earth… (quote)
The Sacred Slow (Book Review)
The Sacred Slow: A Holy Departure From Fast Faith by Alicia Britt Chole *Book Review "This book may read you," the back cover says. "Ours is a hurried age, in which speed is deified and waiting is demonized. Ours is a cluttered age, in which noise is the norm and...
The Remarkable Ordinary (Book Review)
The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life by Frederick Buechner Book Review* I recently finished a newly released title by Frederick Buechner titled The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life. I received two newly...
Happy Birthday, Madeleine L’Engle
Happy Birthday to Madeleine L'Engle, who would have turned 99 today. She is one of my favorite writers. You know the question or similar varieties of the question, "If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?" One of the people on my list...
A Crazy, Holy Grace (Book Review)
A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory by Frederick Buechner Book Review* I recently finished reading a newly released title by Frederick Buechner called A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory. Most of the book is not entirely...
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