Where Creativity Resides
Kishkes is a Yiddish—originally Russian—word for guts or intestines. My immigrant grandparents considered kishkes in a sausage-like form to be a delicacy that I never dared to taste. My father, who grew up speaking...
Another Rollins Student…
Hey Mr. Davis!
I'll keep it short and sweet, because thats what I am, short and sweet. Basically, I have really enjoyed your book. It has inspired me to become a better writer. You have...
Unanswered Prayers
“I cannot believe that, seriously!”….I shrugged my head in disbelief. I had very successfully interviewed for a job, in a place I really wanted to live. It was close to my family, in a...
The Space Between
Some days I’m going along and I’m in that flow we all search for. Everything just clicks, synchronistic events occur to bring me exactly what I’ve asked for. I feel so connected; like I’m...
the pilgrim journeys
solstice song – 2013
now ride the darkness and the flame
dark hair streaming
sifting the darkness
with starlit eyes
petals fall in this lean wind
bless us
with a touch of your wings
bless us with wings
return to us, your arms...
inevitable intimacy
I woke up this morning and knew I am going to write about my time in the cabin.
I trust I will meet all manner of critics on my way to the end of this...
The Empty & Full Cycles of Creativity
After two arduous years of research, writing, and re-writing, a client has just finished the first full draft (360 pages so far) of what will be a ground-breaking book when published next year. Her...
Review of Zichronot/Memories, A Journal by Dr. Jerome Lowenstein
We admire some authors not only because of their writings but also because of the human being these writings reveal. It quickly becomes clear from reading the essays in Zichronot/Memories what an intelligent, humane,...
Faith is like a Shimmering Veil – by Jane Beal
Faith is like a shimmering veil. You can’t see through it. It’s like a cold shower. It wakes you up early and makes you shout, “O God!” Faith is like running on the sand...
Nourishing the Soul
Wow, I feel great!!
I rolled out of bed early Monday morning. I haven’t felt this good in weeks!! Usually I’m up early and ready to tackle the day but the last few weeks I...