I have been present at,and part of, many ceremonies throughout my life. There were all the civil, school, and military ceremonies, but only one changed my life. It was actually a series of Christian rites performed on a single night; Easter Vigil. Preparation for the event was months long. Before the weeks of adult Catechism [...]
It’s What I do In the Middle of the Night
When I was young I spent most of my nights carousing through the cities. It is said of New York, that it never sleeps, and so it was with Los Angeles. All nighters in night clubs and restaurants, and then, sleeping away the day. Over the years my physical self, and the spiritual self, have [...]
Once When No One Was Looking…
A friend that worked in a local bookstore, one of my old haunts, had a spate, of unfortunate, driving incidents. I stopped by the store, after one of the accidents, and saw that the right, rear tail light, of her car, was broken out. The red lens was broken, as was the light bulb, with [...]
Write About Bathing
What immediately came to mind when I read this prompt was Son Bathing. No, that wasn’t one of my usual typos. I am thinking of Eucharistic Adoration. The contemplation of our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament. “This is my body, which I give for you,” and “If you do not eat my flesh, [...]
Write About a Day Moon
White cresent in a sky of blue I’ll see you again tonight To guide me with your waning light Until you come again anew
"A Year After Your Death… (After Czeslaw Milosz)
I have to confess to a knee jerk reaction here. When I first read this prompt I thought that Judy Reeves (author of the prompt) was wanting me to write something disturbing. What came to my mind was someone fantasizing about how their death would affect their friends and loved ones. I like to pass [...]
You Are Standing in a Doorway
Stepping in from the hot, bright, summer day it took a moment for the eyes to adjust to the darkened interior of the church. There was no air conditioning but the inside was cool, and pleasant, shaded from the heat of the southern sun. Light beamed in through a single, round, stained glass window, above [...]
Write About a Time Someone Said No
The ultimate no had to be that of Satan’s “non servum,” “I will not serve.” When God revealed his plan for man it caused the prideful in Heaven to rebel. God would lower himself and become man, in the person of Jesus, in order to raise man up to God. This caused scandal as, in [...]
Sunday Afternoon
When I think of Sunday afternoon I think of my early childhood years in Alabama. My favorite days were those spent playing in fields of Butter Cups with the sent of Honey Suckle on the breeze. Running through the fields barefoot, for fear of scuffing my Sunday shoes. Climbing, and falling out, of trees into [...]
In Anticipation of the Night
The squad set up on a plateau, about half, way up in foot hills. It overlooked a large clearing with a wooded tree line to right. The clearing between the position and the tree line was narrow and fanned out to the right. The Staff Sergeant, myself, and two others, chose to the dig in [...]
