When the Blue Heron Flies
My new book is out. Entitled When the Blue Heron Flies, the book is a collection of prayer-poems meant to nourish the spirit. (more…)
People Aren't Snowflakes
Did you know that there are 80 categories of snowflakes? I found this out in a beautiful book entitled The Snowflake: Winter’s Secret Beauty by Kenneth Libbercht and Patricia Rasmussen. Libercht wrote the text; Rasmussen took the incredible pctures of actual snowflakes. (more…)
People Aren’t Snowflakes
Did you know that there are 80 categories of snowflakes? I found this out in a beautiful book entitled The Snowflake: Winter’s Secret Beauty by Kenneth Libbercht and Patricia Rasmussen. Libercht wrote the text; Rasmussen took the incredible pctures of actual snowflakes. (more…)
Two Pages from the 1940 U.S. Census
My niece sent me a copy of two pages from the 1940 U.S. Census. On one page is the report on my father’s family. His family all lived in my grandparents’ home on Beckman Avenue in Cleveland. My father, who was 25 at the time, answered the census taker’s questions. He and my mother (married in 1937) were living on the second floor of the home. They had an eight-month-old little girl, Mary Ann, my sister. My grandparents lived downstairs with their remaining five children, ranging in age from 24 to 15. (more…)
Jesus Had Bad Days Too
The other day I had a bad day. I woke up to pouring rain that never quit. I was stiff and achy the entire day. Then my printer wouldn’t print right. Then I got a sudden case of writer’s block. The article I was working on just wouldn’t come. Later in the day I received some bad news about a friend’s deteriorating health. Needless to say, it wasn’t a very good day. (more…)
