My journal of big words and pretty pictures
Ideas, hurled like cannon balls, are indiscriminate in their destruction. A special license should be required before shooting off your mouth. Spewing ignorant words in a spray of hatred and bigotry, bullets of misogyny and intolerance raining down without any regard for who they wound. Sticks and stones… words kill more people than guns and knives. You … Continue reading Point blank
“You really don’t have a good poker face.” “Is my frustration that obvious?” “Only a neon sign would more glaring.” “Being open-minded doesn’t mean you’re only open to the current mob mentality of what’s right and wrong.” “Have you tried just avoiding the subject altogether?” “Of course, but that’s when my bad poker face is a … Continue reading More than black and white
A strident environment, Unyielding and discordant, The catalyst for metamorphosis triumphant. Transforming archaic beliefs emergent, Their nurtured nature intransigent. Truth will find fulfillment, Regardless of errant agents Undermining change eloquent. Incoherent arguments maleficent, Weak and indefensible, transient. Volume and vitriol add nothing intelligent To a unredeemable comportment. False prophets who deliver abhorrent preachment, Fueling their … Continue reading Convergent
The tiny patch of green was overflowing with fruit and vegetable plants in varying stages of ripeness. Sanna and her young daughter Birte were carefully picking squash and peppers. A basket filled with their harvest sat on the mulch path wending through the garden. Other members of their community co-op were busy with their plots, … Continue reading Diamond in the rough
I read something online recently where this guy was ranting about one of my favorite scifi writers, Orson Scott Card. This guy considered the author a bigot (actually he used a very colorful adjective to describe him) and even though he wanted to read his books (Ender’s Game series) and watch the movies based on … Continue reading Drawing the line on bigotry
I don’t talk specifically about my faith very often because, even at 50, I haven’t figured it all out. Occasionally, religion creeps into my fiction, or I’ll touch on collateral issues, but I loath proselytizing. What I believe, and how I put my faith into practice is very personal. I don’t even insist that my … Continue reading Why is religious bigotry acceptable
Thin spiral notebook 