Category Archives: Miscellany
A Private Vigil
This year, I’ll be posting some creative non-fiction pieces here on the blog at times. Names in this one have been changed, but otherwise represent facts.–Ty *** Dr. Harrison was dead. The legendary professor, a part of my alma mater’s community for decades, had died a mere few weeks into the first school year following …
Your Own Inauguration
On this day we celebrate the peaceful and ritualistic transfer, (or in this case, maintenance) of great power. President Barack Obama, just hours ago, gave his second Inaugural Address, ushering in his second four year term as the nation’s Chief Executive. Despite the fact that the reins of power remained with the same person today, the …
First Post of 2013
I break 17 days of blog silence with this, my first post of 2013. (After the daily blogging toil of Reverb12, I needed a bit of a hiatus.) Is it still appropriate to say Happy New Year this late into said year? Given the circumstances, I’ll say yes. I don’t make official resolutions for new …
Reverb12 Day Thirty One: Looking Back and Ahead
On the final day of the year as well as the final day of Reverb12, the questions and thoughts are obvious. I have used more than one source for prompts this year, both both of them essentially have the same goal; to get me and other blogger to think about what we’ve learned from doing …
Reverb12 Day Twenty Nine: The Coming Year
What do you want to try this coming year? Is it something that has been on the bucket list for a while, or is it something you swore up and down to others you’d never, ever do? What new waters – those uncharted or those well-navigated – will you dip your toes into this year? …
