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Years ago, when I was a strapping young man, I won the manliest man award on a mountain climbing expedition. Seriously. Our youth group went on Wilderness Trek after my junior year. It was a bonding camp experience. Rough kind of camp. Eighty pound packs on your back for 20 mile [...]
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This blog is titled “Good Word Editing” as if you can expect regular editing advice or something. But really, it’s must my home base. The place where an editor can set aside all ulterior motives, shrug off the writing guidelines and public personas, and just shoot from the hip.
Not that I plan to own a [...]
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Ajax is the perfect little dog, but we almost lost him several years ago.
My wife and I bought Ajax just a few months after we married because our first apartment had a rat problem. He’s a rat terrier. That doesn’t mean he looks like a rat. It means he’s bred to catch them. And he [...]
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Robert Hruzek asked high calling bloggers and middle zone muse-ers to write about what we learned from government.
After a bit of research, I’ve learned that government should not about power but control. There’s a difference. Thankfully, the American government has once again peacefully transferred control from one leader to another. Beginning today a newly reshuffled [...]
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HighCallingBlogs.com and Robert Hruzek of MiddleZoneMusings.com are joining forces again to talk about what we’ve learned from stress. (The project is still open, just visit that link if you want to participate.)
Here’s what I’ve learned. I’m totally stressed out right now. Maybe there’s a lesson on the other side–at least that’s my hope.
Doing Too Much Causes [...]
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My dog ran out
to chase a motorcycle
speeding through
the neighborhood.
Never expected
to catch it
with her puppy head
and a short yelp
that left her
breathing slow
looking scared.
On the back porch
we wrapped her
in black plastic
we had bought
for grass clippings,
but I didn’t cry
until I carried the bag
to the curb for the dead
animal pickup
and felt her inside
the three ply trash sack
furry and cold [...]
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…and Children, Television, Recreation, Relatives, Food, Pets, Automobiles, Bugs, and Bibles
You see, Robert Hruzek is hosting a group writing project where people write about a mash-up of 18 fun topics. I added bugs and Bibles to his list just for good measure and polished up a poem for his group. He says it’s the first [...]
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