The Church's Tall Tower & the Angelus Noontime Prayer & Easter, When I Was Twelve & What the Lord Gave Me to Understand, When He Stopped My Steps, as I Was About to Leave the Empty Church *** Saint Ferdinand's Catholic Church in San Fernando, CA. was my family’s parish church, and the...
In General, the Country Lives, People Work as Best They Can, and Everyone Dreams of One Thing: PEACE!! This is Our Common Ukrainian Dream - Загалом країна живе, люди працюють як можуть, і всі мріють про одне: МИР!! Це наша спільна українська мрія *** This post begins with a quote from Alena,...
Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” - "Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні - "Коли я подивилася...
Laurie M. Johnson The Gap in God's Country A Longer View on our Culture Wars This book - The Gap in God's Country, A Longer View on our Culture Wars - written by Laurie Johnson, a professor of political science at Kansas State University, president of the Maurin Academy...
An Autumn Sonata – With Written Adagio Musings in Three Movements A sonata is a musical form generally composed of three or four different movements in contrasting musical styles and keys of music. The movements traditionally include a fast-opening movement, a slow second movement – an...
Sebastian - Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt Opening Paragraph … and then he paused and looked at me for a moment and smiled, not the smile of a street jokester or comedy club hopeful, but the smile of a person thoughtfully and sadly trying to connect the darkness and chill of the evening with the...
A Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cone at a Baskins-Robbins in Sacramento - She Held on to Her Walker with Hands so Gnarled and Misshapen that They Were Painful to Behold *** I went to a Baskin-Robbins in Sacramento to pick up the ice cream cake - Oreo Cookie - for my grandson's birthday party. An...
A Tale of Two Grandfathers Separated by Distance and Some Years in Time Los Angeles is a very diverse city and home to many diverse interracial marriages. When out grocery shopping, or in major public gatherings, such as a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, for me, interracial couples no longer...