Trauma! (Part 3 of 4 – The Emotions)
As discussed in previous writings, trauma is unexpected, unplanned for, and can't always be prepared for. [...]

Trauma! (Part 2 of 4 – The Mind)
As I think about how trauma affects the mind, two causes come to mind. (No pun intended!) One cause would be [...]

Trauma!
(part one of four – the body)
Today's piece begins a four part series about trauma that may happen in our lives and how to deal with it. [...]

The syringe sits gleaming, beckoning

Filled with thoughts of escape

To a land far away

Never mind the hook behind the intrigue

Or the [...]

Glued to the screen by Michael Blaes
Real Life getting boring?
escape the doldrums
enter another world filled with mystery and intrigue
Where You [...]

Now you’re a sight for hungry eyes,
But it seems you’ve seen the lite,
Gone and slipped away
I’m so hungry,
And I must feed
You say that in him [...]

Moose
Ps. 27:8 - You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.”
Meet Moose. Moose is my cat. Karen's cat's [...]

Can the clay say to the potter,

I want to be a sword when the potter needs a scythe

Can the clay say to the potter,

I want to be a glass when [...]

                                                      The Tale of Our Two Cats
Yesterday, our two six month old cats, Moose and Iggy, went to the [...]