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The Weight of Snow

Snow is falling outside my window. Again. This is our second big snow this winter. Since moving to Roanoke, we have had at least one big snow a year. This year it appears we are having two. I like snow to a degree. It blankets the dead naked landscape with its...

New Things

I am sitting at my desk. It is in front of a large picture window in my back living room. George Winston Radio is playing on Pandora behind me. I just created the station on my phone. I hope it turns out to be a good station for my writing time.Because this is my new...

Building Stones of Remembrance

I know…Things have been rather quiet here In These Shoes. The funny thing is, these shoes haven’t been quiet at all! In fact, my shoes have been quite busy, especially my snow boots and my slippers. Two weeks ago to the day, my sister and toddling nephew came to...

In which I risk being vulnerable…

I walk from my suburban towards the red double doors of our church suddenly aware of what I am here to do. It is one of the great things about my life: I am usually too busy to contemplate any plunges I am taking until the step into abyss is upon me. And since I am...