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THE NINTH CIRCLE

I am a recovering drug addict.  Take a moment…let that sink in. When my skeletal structure began deteriorating in both knee joints, in 1998, I was forty-two years old.  The disease was...

THE NINTH CIRCLE

I am a recovering drug addict.  Take a moment…let that sink in. When my skeletal structure began deteriorating in both knee joints, in 1998, I was forty-two years old.  The disease was...

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH:  PART III – ANGELS AMONG US

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH: PART III – AN...

But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed……I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in...

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH: PART III – AN...

But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed……I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in...

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH:  PART II – WOULD YOU WAGER YOUR SOUL?

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH: PART II – WOU...

“I used to think the time would comeWhen man would rise above the beast,I gave up thinkin’ that way long agoIn conversation with a priest.”           ...

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH: PART II – WOU...

“I used to think the time would comeWhen man would rise above the beast,I gave up thinkin’ that way long agoIn conversation with a priest.”           ...

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH:  PART I - INTO THE WOODS

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH: PART I - INTO...

​Author’s note:  This is the first of a three-part series on the intersection of mortality and faith.  When I was fourteen, I went into my father’s woods.  A mystical, ubiquitous presence...

MORTALITY…AND THE LEAP OF FAITH: PART I - INTO...

​Author’s note:  This is the first of a three-part series on the intersection of mortality and faith.  When I was fourteen, I went into my father’s woods.  A mystical, ubiquitous presence...

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

“…I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all...

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

“…I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all...

THE KINDEST GIFT

THE KINDEST GIFT

​Blank pages…I have pondered deeply what to say to you, dear reader, in this – my first-ever blog post.  Blank pages are the craggy path each would-be writer must traverse...

THE KINDEST GIFT

​Blank pages…I have pondered deeply what to say to you, dear reader, in this – my first-ever blog post.  Blank pages are the craggy path each would-be writer must traverse...