At the foot of a hill, beneath a great oak tree, across the babbling brook from the pixie villages, there lived an ogre ( Read more... )

My mom sent me this link and I thought I would share. John Picarello is soooo cool.

I ponder the person behind the eyes ( Read more... )

Christmas tunes whisper softly in the air, accented by heels clacking on tile, voices laughing, complaining, conversing, and the generally raucous holiday crowds. Zachie looks at shirts and shoes, samples colognes and perfumes, and chatters happily. Now and again a shock of brown hair flashes in the corner of my eye, and my heart skips a beat. I ( Read more... )

Though I had recently become somewhat cynical about my fellow Americans, I find there is still reason to hope.

We are on a road trip to his lake house to retrieve gear he needs for a weekend fishing trip. This is the first time we have been together in many years. As we drive the meandering Texas roads, we sing along to the tunes on our iPods, and I remember the night I saw him last, many years ago ( Read more... )

Given that...I believe that man is mortal and fallible but that there exists that which is greater than man, who is called God. I believe that, in the beginning, God created mankind. I believe that God gave unto mankind free will in the hopes that mankind would choose to worship Him. I believe that the infallible word of God was written down in a ( Read more... )

I always see three boys in the morning.Sometimes he's wrapped tightly around another boy; sometimes he's tucked inside a cocoon of blankets. He awakens at the slightest touch, extracting himself from the blanket (or the boy) and takes from me the pills and the cup. Always, he whaps the pills down in a pile on the bed and regards them with faint ( Read more... )

I fill my soda glass at a taco store on North Lamar. When the fizz has subsided I turn toward my table and stop short. In line behind me is a stunningly handsome man whom I almost run into. The combination of surprise and proximity shatter my discretion and I say "Oh, wow" as I involuntarily look him up and down ( Read more... )

Morality, entirely a function of the beliefs held by a given society, does not reflect absolutes of nature. The basic moral tenets that most Americans hold to be true have not in past always been held to be true; will not be held to be true in the future; and are not held to be true by all other societies today ( Read more... )