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Quoting Saint Augustine
Our classics reading group will have our last discussion about Saint Augustine’s Confessions tomorrow. I feel sorry to leave St. Augustine behind, for he has become an honest, passionate and true Christian friend. My ideas about Augustine before reading the Confessions this time were based on a cursory reading during my undergraduate years. The manner in…
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Losing Streak
How do you recover from a losing streak, a run of bad luck, a change of fortunes? When your confidence is shaken–whether financially, emotionally, physically, or spiritually–and you doubt yourself or the universe, what drives you to the point of no return or to the point of recovery? These are questions I’ve been asking myself…
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Grow a Self
You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose. — Jo Coudert, “Advice From…
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When the Muse is Silent
There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter or computer station. He lives in the ground. He’s a basement guy. You have to descend to his level, and once you get down there you have to furnish an apartment…
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MO-om! She’s staring at me!
Then, with a soft voice absent of guile, Olivia smiled sweetly and said …
The Third Eve 