Lessons Core Needs 17 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 This last Thursday I posted a short, simple story about a father and son who were experiencing a moment of frustration and exhaustion. Each was tired of their shared struggle,…
Short Stories A Minute at a Time 13 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 Christopher slowly cracked the door open, taking a peek into his son's bedroom. Heavy curtains shaded the room in a perpetual dusk, and it took his eyes a moment to…
Lessons Following Footsteps 10 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 Children tend to look like their parents. You've probably noticed this. Not only that, but they tend to act like them, too. For most of my life I merely attributed…
Short Stories Cursed 6 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 Talce had gray, reflective eyes, devoid of any perceivable irises. Indeed they appeared less like eyes than polished, metal balls that had been inserted into his sockets. Those eyes had…
Lessons Something Old, Something New 3 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 Sadly, it seems to be in our nature that wherever we find a distinction between two entities, we almost invariably set them in opposition to one another. We hear of…
Short Stories The Last Grasshopper 29 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 Once the fields had been green and lush, covered by tall blades of grass rolling in the wind. Now they were scattered over only by the occasional dry stalks: brown,…
Lessons Live a Life 26 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 Professionally I work as a software developer. The industry has come a long ways since it exploded among the workforce a half century ago. A lot of those changes, particularly…
Short Stories The Noble: Part Two 22 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 A grave somberness lay heavy on the air, and time itself seemed to freeze until the slaves were drawn out of their reverie by the sound of Lenny riding back…
Lessons A Proper Cadence 19 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 On Thursday I shared the first half of a story that I had originally intended to publish in a single post. As I explained at the time, the reason for…
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