“Clearing the road.” That is one of the many Biblical images during the Christmas season. The Gospel of Mark tells us that John the Baptist did that for Jesus. The gallery of my life is full of portraits of people who have cleared the road for me. One person came to mind recently. His impact […]
In memory of Susan Shaughnessy
My writing routine, and I use the word “routine” instead of “discipline” because it’s nowhere close to a discipline, is to read a short section from a book about writing, and then do “Morning Pages,” a few pages of free-writing in a spiral notebook. I begin each entry with “Morning Pages,” followed by the date, […]