Tag Archives: darkness

The Right Time

Posted on September 26, 2014 by

It’s not always dark at night. But sometimes the transition between day and night is unmistakable. The day may fade into ho-hum waves of gray-blue, but—just as one is tempted to look away–the horizon can blaze back in a band … Continue reading →

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The Empty Nest

Posted on August 28, 2014 by

Loneliness is an interesting feeling. Interesting, you ask?  How neutral.  How unilluminating.  How non-judgmental. How unlike me. My feelings about loneliness have been pretty darn negative.  I’ve written about unwanted solitude as a vacuum, an inescapable shadowed partner to despair. … Continue reading →

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Numbing Numbers

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

In my first blog entry (The World Still Out There) I promised an excerpt from what I have written for my children to read some day. This is a portion of a chapter about the language of numbers: In the … Continue reading →

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