MANCHESTER BY THE SEAMOVIE REVIEW How do you live out the rest of your life after your negligence causes the unthinkable to happen? Even though I saw Manchester by the Sea a couple of weeks ago, certain scenes still keep running through my mind. The movie is about forgiveness and the extension of grace, but […]
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WHAT? ME WORRY? 0:00 / 0:00 What? Me Worry? I tend to worry. Frankly, these days we have a lot to worry about. To be honest, my worrying is not a new problem. During our wedding ceremony years ago, the pastor sprung an extra vow on me. He wanted me to promise that I’d never
PADDLING IN THE PERSIAN GULF 0:00 / 0:00 Paddling in the Persian Gulf We find ourselves in fearful times. Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Maybe not. It’s true that some fears are irrational and should be dismissed as such; however, other fears are not. On
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JFK, DADDY AND MEA SHORT STORY November 22, 2016 marks the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. JFK, Daddy and Me is a short story I’ve written that is set during that week. (Originally published in Skyline Anthology 2015.) Please read below. Late at night, in my small bedroom, by the soft yellow
THE HUNT FOR WILDERPEOPLEMOVIE REVIEW Looking for a quirky movie about a foster kid that is set in the wilds of New Zealand? I’ve got the film for you. Check out Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. I’d never heard of the movie, but became interested when I saw
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THE EFFECT OF FORGIVENESS ON CREATIVITY A good sunset puts the world into perspective. This essay originally appeared in Streetlight Magazine. I’ve kept an idea journal for as long as I can remember. Whenever a word, sentence or story idea strikes my fancy, I jot it down and date the entry. One day, I
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MY LIFE IN CARS My first car was similar to this one, except mine was in terrible shape. 0:00 / 0:00 My Life in Cars My father gave me my first car, a 1965 Ford Fairlane. Although I had my driver’s license, I didn’t know out how to back up, park, or merge. To be
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IRRESPONSIBLY GROWN POTATOES 0:00 / 0:00 Irresponsibly Grown Potatoes Recently, as I walked through the produce section of a grocery store, I passed a sign that said, “Responsibly Grown Potatoes.” Naturally, I began to imagine “Irresponsibly Grown Potatoes.” Would they be grown by a chain-smoking farmer, one who flicks his carcinogenic ashes on the crop?
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A TALE OF TWO DOGS SADIE 0:00 / 0:00 A Tale of Two Dogs Growing up, my main interactions with dogs involved being chased by the junkyard variety. Years ago, my ten-year-old son, Ian, began lobbying for a dog just before his remaining sibling headed off to college. This last child desperately did not want
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STATION ELEVENA BOOK REVIEW STATION ELEVEN—THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT When a member of our book club suggested we read Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, I felt less than thrilled. I knew the book was about the collapse of civilization after a virus destroys 99% of people on earth. I
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