When I have a headache, I basically become an amoeba. If I'm not at home wrapped up in bed, then there's a good chance that I'm not wasting any energy on smiling or talking or ... anything. If I am at home, then I'm lying as still as a possom in the presence of its predator. … Continue reading Pounding Heads & Bleeding Hearts
Beauty – A Responsibility
by Amy S. The social commentators are right, our definition of beauty is skewed. But even the commentators are wrong about the definition. We can reference my dear friend and yours, Noah Webster. He give us a definition of beauty- : the quality of being physically attractive : the qualities in a person or a … Continue reading Beauty – A Responsibility
Unbroken Chains
Recently, I watched the movie "Unbroken." Earlier this year, I read the book. If you are not familiar with Unbroken, it tells the story of Olympic runner Louis Zamperini and his World War II experience of being shot down over the Pacific Ocean and then picked up by the Japanese and brought to a POW … Continue reading Unbroken Chains
Satan: over millions in bridges sold!
Sometimes I hate being a writer. Okay, sometimes I hate being a writer that attempts to be realistic. Some background -- I set a series of stories in a fictitious town in a very real American state. Because multiple stories trace the history and people of the town, it becomes a character as well. Therefore, I can't just … Continue reading Satan: over millions in bridges sold!
Truly Fictional
I've only thrown one book across the room in rage, but this book was about to be the second. I was reading a story that actually had me saying to the character "stop praying about this!" It was bad. One thing that frustrated me: making the characters sing "Happy Birthday" in a story that was set … Continue reading Truly Fictional
All Hail the King
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (John Adams) When a Constitution is set up as a founding document as a limit on government (which the United States of America's is), then it follows that the people must therefore be self-governing … Continue reading All Hail the King
Feather in our Caps
America is celebrating her 239th birthday this weekend, and, like most nations, it didn't have a smooth birth. We had to fight for our freedom against the greatest western army of the time. This English were well-equipped and well-trained. The colonists were not. To the British, the colonists were ignoble and common and a British surgeon named Schuckburg … Continue reading Feather in our Caps
Fruit from the Olive Tree 