Category Archives: Spirituality
“Farewell” to My Characters?
I’ve been in many stage plays over the years. Some were good, some were bad. Yet in most cases, there’s an image I associate with the ending of such productions. In most cases, on my level of theater, the actors help to tear down the set and clean up the venue after the last performance …
Memorial Day (Repost)
On this solemn day, i wanted to simply repost what I said last Memorial Day here on the blog. I haven’t seen quite as much “Barbecue Shaming” to coin a phrase this year as I have in years past. Nevertheless, I think it’s important to keep in mind the relative innocence of hosting cookouts and …
One Month Until Launch
To announce the one-month countdown to the launch of my novel, Flowers of Dionysus on June 21st, I’d like to share with you the cover I’ll be using for the e-book version. This charming cover was designed and produced by my friend and fellow author/self publisher, J. Lea Lopez. She also helped out with line editing for …
Baltimore.
I’m a Marylander, but I don’t live in Baltimore. It’s been about two years since I visited Charm City. Yet Maryland is a small state, and many of us, regardless of how often we may get there, consider Maryland’s largest city, warts and all, a major component of the state’s identity. All that by way …
Why I Am Reading the Quran
I’m reading the Quran. I’ve read excerpts and quotations from it before, but now I am reading the whole thing. At least I am reading a particular translation of it. An old one. I picked up my copy at a used book sale last year sometime; it was published 60 or so years ago. I …
