Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
When the sun is bright in the sky— too radiant to look at without damaging my eyes— does the moon still reflect its light? Surely it does on the other side of the world where the inky darkness of night covers the earth with shadow. But I don’t look for the moon during my daylight… Read More
I tried to find ten puns that made me laugh, but no pun in ten did. I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off. My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned. I couldn’t concentrate.
I reflect only an iota of light because I am tiny. Oh, how much light could be spread if I was just one of many miniscule lights shining together. Wait. I am… …one of many who contain the Holy Spirit fire. God planned it that way. Let’s light up the world. originally published on January… Read More
After a talking sheepdog gets all the sheep in the pen, he reports back to the farmer: “All 40 accounted for.” “But I only have 36 sheep,” says the farmer. “I know,” says the sheepdog. “But I rounded them up.” Q: Why did the chicken go to the séance? A: To get to the… Read More
You can take a metaphor just so far before it falls apart. If I am like the moon which reflects the light of the sun, my light source is outside, not attached to me at all. But my source of light— and life, warmth, love, all that I am— is not only outside of me… Read More
Q: What happens to a frog’s car when it breaks down? A: It gets toad away. Q: Why can’t you trust an atom? A: Because they make up everything. Q: Why are atoms Catholic? A: Because they have mass.
I reflect His light as the moon does the sun— waxing and waning as the days pass. But the differences in the light I mirror is not a result of my source’s light which never wanes or waxes, but blazes with such bright rays that I cannot, in my frailty, look at it head-on but… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 