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A GOOD START
5:30, I wake him. He groans in the dark, a very normal and natural reaction for most to waking at that time. “I didn’t sleep well,” he tells me. “I’m tired. I kept waking up in the night,” he tells on. “My head hurts and whenever it does it always turns into a […]
THE HARDER WORK
“I’ve begun the harder work,” he spoke, “the part I rarely do, that isn’t natural but feels different now because I know I must: the editing and going back to what’s already made, rough drafts hewn, and giving time and attentions toward refinement and making something more. Some will be same, others completely changed, […]
SOON
They looked out on sky and they grey that held in cover, mist of fog suspension that filtered light in fall from the heavy sky; and indoors, they rested contemplative in their minds. In the window, too, they witnessed on boughs or maple tree the beginning of buds, violet-red, […]
SIMPLE GOSPEL
I went to mass today and listened to a simple gospel. “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel,” Jesus proclaimed in announcement of his purpose. Next, seeing Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew by the sea, he tells, “Come after […]