Organized Religion—Do We Really Need It? A Followup Response (read Travellin’ Bob’s original article) To decide if an institution is worthy of existence, I suppose the first thing to establish is What is its function in society? and the second logical consideration to […]
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“Organised religion – do we really need it?” — A Response
My friend, Travellin’ Bob, wrote an article, 27 March 2024, on his blog entitled: Organised religion — do we really need it? Though many folks might be tempted to answer yes or no just as a reactionary response based on their present personal relationship […]
What Is A Beta Reader?
A beta reader . . . is someone who reads an author’s work (his novel, for instance) before it is published and offers him feedback (either general or more detailed information, whatever the reader chooses to give) about the work he or she […]
The Brothers Comatose & AJ Lee – “Angel Band”
This hymn is for Annie who had hands soft as flour and for all of her clan who loved her dearly.
Writer’s Log #2 — December 10, 2023 7:02 PM
My mind is mostly blank tonight. Tried my first recipe from the braising cookbook—cabbage with carrot and onion. It was good but not spectacular, but how spectacular can cabbage be, right? I cooked boiled cabbage a few weeks ago that I thought was better. […]
Writer’s Log #1 — December 9, 2023 9:20 PM
These are the utterances of a writer’s brain, my brain, put down simply to capture them, perhaps temporarily. While brushing my teeth tonight, I thought about what I would like to accomplish this coming year—2024. It’s probably much more than I’ll have the commitment […]
The Church Sisters Sing the Old Gospel Hymn, Where We’ll Never Grow Old
This song is for my Grandmother. She used to play gospel bluegrass vinyls on her box player when I was a child. She still lives in those songs in my heart and memory. Here’s one of them, sung by the Church Sisters.
A Book That Changed My Life
Please allow me to recommend a revolutionary book that changed my attitude and relationship with the Earth. The book is: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. It was first published in English (I believe) in 1978. This small book is about how Mr. Fukuoka […]
Trick Or Treat!
Since it’s Halloween, I thought I’d give you a slice of old writing of mine just for fun. This piece was all I wrote of this story. I titled it— Expect Bill On Thursday On Saturday, Harry the mailman delivered a strange package to […]
Talk Write — The Write Garbage Advice
What is the “Write Garbage” advice? If you’ve been writing for any length of time, you’ve surely gone online and read content offered by the mountain of writing advice websites and blogs; I certainly have. There seems to be hundreds of them. (This was […]
Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 3
The Axiom — Part 3 Several years ago, I read an interview given by a famous novelist (can’t remember which one, not Stephen King, however) in which the novelist said that it takes ten years to master any skill, including writing. The wisdom behind […]
Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 2
The Axiom — Part 2 So the axiom we are discussing is: “It takes ten years to master any skill.” Some time ago I asserted that I thought this axiom was true to a family member of mine. He is a fairly young man […]
Talk Write — Good Morning Monday!
The Axiom — Part One Well, today is Monday and I’d like to begin with a bit of “housekeeping” as they say. I’ve decided to change the name of this writing discussion feature of my blog from “Writing Talk” to “Talk Write.” In English, […]
Writing Talk — A Writing Time Out
Related to Writing, What Do You Mean by “Time Out”? If you’re a parent, you’re probably aware of the disciplinary concept of “time out.” If your child is misbehaving, you may decide he needs a time out in which case he is sent to […]