Palm Sunday on the mountain in the highlands of Boquete, Panama, listening to chorale singing composed by J.S. Bach on WQXR out of New York City. I LOVE my NPR! Outside, the soft breezes of this changing season promise rain later in the afternoon. I’m so glad. It’s been a thirsty three months. The baby [...]
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Boquete, Panama: Manana…or why nothing is getting done today…
Boquete, Panama. Finca Luz. A sunny Sunday. I love my dictionary. Seriously. I’ve had this copy of Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary since 1965. The gold lettering on the faded blue cover is completely obliterated by the desk side detritus of spilled drinks, potato chip grease, and the sheer dust of the ages. The spine [...]
Male Pattern Violence
I’ve been thinking about men’s violence against women in the days past. It seems it is on all the major news media, daily, everywhere. The Taliban shoots a girl who wants an education (and she’s only the one who made the news network. There are thousands of others, just like her.). A young woman is [...]
Write a Novel in a Month: Are you freaking kidding me??
Boquete, Panama. It’s been awhile. I know. I apologize. Several people (dare I call them ‘fans’?) have written to me to complain: “Where did you go? Why haven’t you posted another Ramblings since that long, ranting thing you did about God? It’s been two months! You call yourself a Writer?? Come back!” It’s humbling, and [...]
God for the Age of Aquarius?
Thirty-four years ago. I am sitting at the breakfast table eating oatmeal with my two sons, Phillip (6) and Geoff (4). It is November and snow has been falling, all night. The hemlocks and rhododendron bushes are bowing under the heavy white blanket. Inside the 100 year old log cabin, it is chilly if we [...]
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