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UTILITARIANISM
“Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, ‘What are we going to do? This […]
VOLDEMORT’S DESIGN
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reding them.”—Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 _____ “Do you still like Harry Potter?” he asked. “I’m learning and won’t pretend to understand hierarchy of loyalties in what world terms liberal minds. Are you allowed to love what you love, […]
OUTWARD SIGN
Cold returned and too the gray, but she remained as spring in spirit and day. Paying no mind to the outward signs, she dressed again in sweater of the season. Its loose of white and red and orange that glowed wore upon her as an ambiance that warmed and brightened all around. Her […]
AT END
Premature spring and follow-frost burned the redbud’s bloom. Lilac-violet paled to gray, but in one week’s time, redbud boughs restored to hue as bloom dared to show again. He looked upon its colors beyond window in morning light. No words or story came, and he was sad that it was so. He […]
MOUNTAIN HEART
He remembered a stream and a cave in the rocks from which a cold spring flowed; cool of the cavern in shade from the sun and summer’s heat; group of friends, all young then, many he had not seen or spoken to since. It was many years ago. Majority of life lived and […]
RETURNED
Alone in field, working in method roll and pass of tractor in near and perfect lines, he thought of mountains. _____ He thought of mountains and alpine lake—she in shade of the spruce and pines; sweet-acrid of scent and sight of her smile in broken dapple of light-fall through; […]