Editor's Note: This piece is excepted from a speech Ellen Sweets made for Women's Day in Austin, Texas. Her words are more timely now than when she...
Women’s Deja Vu
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“Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.”
—John Burroughs
LET THERE BE
LIGHT
TOPICS
Pursuit of Meaning, from intangible to scientific.
- Spiritual Writing
- Sermons
- Biblical
- Wellness
- New Age
- Scientific Writing
- Classics: Blake, Milton, John Donne, etc.
- Myths and Totems
- Philosophical Underpinnings
The Hinge of Summer’s Door
The vernal equinox came and went, like a cat creeping over the newly sprouted heads of anonymous weeds. You hardly knew, unless you were listening...
Christmas at Home
Sometimes, after unspeakable trauma, we can find an ember of innocence to help us thrive again.
RIP, Senator Dole
Years ago, just for spite, the night city editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sent me to cover Sen. Robert Dole’s keynote opening of the Young...
The Making of Axe Handles
Editor's Note: This essay will serve as a lead-in to a series on Wang Ping's personal experiences with Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and the...
Meditations / No Direction Home
War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing – Edwin StarrThis piece for Veterans Day is excerpted from Jim McGarrah's memoir...
The Courage of Teachers
In 1987, students gathered in front of the admin building angry over the corruption of the university’s board. The crowd was getting ugly. I was a...
Home is Where the Art Is
It hadn’t been the best year, but I can honestly say I’ve had worse. However, 2020 wins for Grossest Reoccurring Question in the Fishburne House:...
POINT OMEGA’S RENDITION: A Book Review
Point Omega centers on Richard Elster, a retired scholar and war-studies / covert-warfare expert who retires to the desert to explore space and...
The Practice of Poetry
The first poem I ever wrote that was worth a damn -- and possibly the only one – grew out of the awfullest cliché most of us will encounter –...
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