Why ask for feedback if you are not going to take it seriously? This is the beginning line I use on myself every time I sit down to work on the hard task of rewriting my novel. Writing a book takes creativity, yes, but so much more than that. It takes big-picture thinking combined with… Read More
Insatiable Self
Every person in the human race is born with a condition I call insatiable self: “It’s all about me.” As we grow in age and stature, we add another sentence: “It’s all about me. It’s never enough.” Hopefully, the maturation process brings the realization that everything doesn’t revolve around the earth, but the earth orbits… Read More
Jesus calms the storm
As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. Jesus was… Read More
Followed by a yawning cavern
I live next to a deep hole A yawning cavern Waiting for swallow me if I get too near the edge. I back away Every day I need to watch my footing Am I too close? Will I fall in? And I know it’s a bottomless hole. I look at other people’s lives And don’t… Read More
Who are they now?
137 years her family worked this land. It’s who they are. The farm is still there, but not theirs any more. She is a runner, venturing out from a parent plant whose roots, once deep and secure, have been pulled up. She helped loosen the soil that held it there to transplant it in town,… Read More
Pulverizing brick walls
I am a child of God, baptized with the Holy Spirit. He lives inside me, yet I still often try to box Him in. I don’t listen to His quiet voice or open the eyes of my heart to hear/see the walls that I construct to block His light. Unless I see through Holy Spirit… Read More
Sluggish from sitting?
Writers, how many hours a day do you sit in front of a computer? Me, too. That’s why a book review of The First 20 Minutes on NPR’s Fresh Air caught my attention. New York Times Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds shared some simple ways to combat the sedentary lifestyle—many of which I already practice.… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 