A Time To Edit

A Time to Edit isn’t listed in the beautiful Biblical passage where the writer tells us there is a time for every season under Heaven. Editing and rewriting are probably the least fun but most rewarding parts of our craft as writers. It takes focus,...

Beauty for Ashes

September 11th is a sad day in our national memory. A day filled with ashes.It is also a day of great celebration in our family. A day filled with Beauty.Happy Birthday, Elena...

Unofficial Cousins’ Camp

We didn’t manage to have a complete cousins’ camp this summer. Partly because some of the cousins moved an entire time zone away and partly because some of the cousins played on three different baseball teams all summer and partly because of my own lack of...

The Things We Don’t Know

Today, I went to the funeral of my dearest childhood friend’s father. He was ninety years old and lived a good, honest, faithful life. My memories of him go back as far as memories go, and I could have told you much about him. I could have described his humor...