28 Mar, 2017

Mapping Grief

2018-02-03T02:22:08+00:00March 28th, 2017|

Dad’s words are elusive. I have pages and pages of his later life, but those that reveal the brief period between leaving Marysville and graduating high school are sparse. They reveal little of what he endured or how he felt. [...]

19 Feb, 2017

The Last Letter

2018-02-03T02:22:38+00:00February 19th, 2017|

When Pearl Harbor happened, it was like an itch that commanded the big scratch. The day it happened, Grandad called his kids in to hear the radio. You could hear a pin drop but for the announcer and his dramatic [...]

2 Feb, 2017

A writer' life – at the heart of the thing.

2018-02-03T02:22:57+00:00February 2nd, 2017|

I’ve struggled with where to begin. That’s the thing about stories. Where does it all begin and where does it end. So, I will begin where all good stories do – in the middle. It is from where we are [...]

3 Jan, 2017

Light and Dark Matter

2018-02-03T02:23:17+00:00January 3rd, 2017|

All human matters have their light and dark sides. We are a reflection of the universe in which we exist. We swim in a soup of dark matter. About twenty-three percent of the universe's energy is carried by dark matter. [...]

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