Have you ever had an experience that defied reason? In 1987 my mother was in a coma from a brain aneurysm. On the seventh night of her hospitalization, I dreamt my mother was drifting upwards through a wide tunnel toward angels set against blue skies. In my dream, I thought, “Mom, are you saying goodbye?” […]
On the beach 10-year-old Bella forms an “arena” in the sand. Lulu, age 7, runs over with a yellow pail of crabs. The two largest gladiators are placed on their backs in the arena, and I’m told, “The first one to turn over, wins. Go!” Claws scrambling, a sudden winner, shrieks and laughter from my […]
Adventurous writers! I’m doing a second Cape Cod Writing Workshop on August 22. Enjoy a rare writing workshop where meditative recall will be used to mine memories for long forgotten sights, sounds and sensations to enliven one’s written stories. Saturday, August 22, 2015 Escape to the Cape Writing Workshop Using Hypnotic Recall to Create Spellbinding […]
I opened the box, fresh from San Francisco, to see what my brother and sister-in-law had sent me for my birthday. Organic barley tea and a painting done by Steve of a scene in Yosemite, which holds an eerie coincidence. In the painting, four deer graze in a meadow and drink deeply from glistening streams. […]
This spirituality column was published in 2008 in The Patriot Ledger, but it remains one of my favorites. In public schools, the Bible has been thrown out with the bath water. Down the drain has gone its rich literary influence. Younger people often draw a blank at Old Testament or gospel references. Recently, I talked […]