Category Random Thoughts

What is to be learned from writing a letter? How does this now ancient ritual enrich the heart and mind? I just posted a letter to a friend and came away from the experience with a sense of discovery. The connection through paper, pen and envelope, seems to be elevated by the very materials required

I read a lot. It’s an old habit which gives me pleasure and pain. Many things I read, like good detective mysteries, are engaging because they teach me about asking the right questions and listening carefully to the responses. People reveal a good deal by the way they answer a question. Their answers also speak

  The Past May Not Be Past Here’s the challenge in revisiting old poems and short stories. Life is, to state the obvious, always in flux. The day we wake to is one in which we appear, nearly unchanged from yesterday. But old photos reveal ruthlessly that the years have eroded and rearranged once familiar

I thought it might be fun to look at some of the opening lines of stories in my soon to be published collection. The volume will probably be called Whole Cloth since it will contain many pieces from life that, knitted together, present an image of a whole journey. Opening lines are important. Any writer