Short Stories

A Perspective – The Prodigal Son

There are these moments in my life when I am left to think about that which I am, or that which I have been taught to be, or that which I think is right.  It […]

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Psalm 1:1

I can no longer hide the essence of who I am.  The basket I’ve used is no longer thick enough. To share this light with the world; to be the guide toward whatever it is […]

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Silence – The Relationship with Self

I frown at the thought of mothering yet another pitiful episode of the mad wonderings in my mind that create a sense of insanity outside of it.  Still, when faced with the combined sense of […]

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Ranting…

I hesitate to write what I am feeling.  What effects will come of such honesty?  A discussion here, a glance there…then it all falls back into place as it is.  My world will spin eastward […]

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The Stone Cutter

I received this story from a Facebook friend and was so touched by it that I felt it worth sharing. The Stonecutter Author Unknown There was once a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with himself […]

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>Where the Pitman Rink Use to Be (an ode to friends and memories)

As if I’ve stumbled onto memory, I’ve tripped in distant past, A moonlight park, a player’s bench, An eternal moment cast. To leave that place I’ve never left, A soul in disarray, An old man […]

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Two Choices (an email to cut and paste, sent to me by a loved one)

Two Choices What would you do? You make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising […]

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Absolutely Clear (by Hafiz)

 Don’t surrender your loneliness So quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes […]

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