Getting kids to listen may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. From the time they can walk, they want to be like us, and as they approach adolescence, it’s only right they’re moving toward owning their power and independence. Combine that with raging hormones, stress, or just plain “feeling different,” and you’ve got an… Continue Reading
Incongruent A novel of love lost and healing found Read and vote for free chapters by clicking here! Continue Reading
You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed.” — Sports writer Red Smith The only people who think writing is easy are those who have never tried it. And people who think all writers are rich mustn’t know any writers. So why do people do it? Because they have no… Continue Reading
Welcome to my blog, Ground One! Ground Zero : Function: noun; Date: 1946 ~ 1: the point directly above, below, or at which a nuclear explosion occurs; 2: the center or origin of rapid, intense, or violent activity or change; 3: the very beginning . Ground One: Function: verb; Date: 2008 ~ 1: to create a new beginning from an ending, starting from the ground up; 2: to… Continue Reading
Last week, I dreamed the strangest dream, which might benefit you. I wonder now, what was dream and what was real. I’ve conveyed it to you here, as scrupulously as possible, so most is provided in transcript. If you’re wondering if the people speaking are characters from Dickens, I’d say yes, you are correct. I… Continue Reading
Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse: But who can live for long In an euphoric dream; Out of the mirror they stare, Imperialism’s face And the international wrong. W.H. Auden September 1, 1939 Read… Continue Reading
My Story, My Birthday After the 9/11 attacks in New York City and my home base of Washington, DC, I became disillusioned with the media’s take on the event. It seemed to me that the focus on the term “Ground Zero” and the repeated, horrific footage of planes crashing and towers falling was missing the… Continue Reading
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