Category Archives: changes
starting a new chapter
I’ve long thought that getting into the book-publishing business might be a good next step in my life, but I also figured that — like many other things — a path would become clear at some point (or it wouldn’t, which would be a different sort of sign). On Twitter last week I noticed someone […]
ten months in, I wonder at the changes
When I lived in Chicago, there was a time when I had no automatic clue as to what subway (oh, sorry, “L”) stop were closest to my destination. But over the years I was able to guess that sort of thing pretty well — without looking at a map — and could do the same […]
getting past anger toward god
I met a man tonight who was recently blinded. As in: a short while ago he could see, and now he cannot. Not surprisingly, he expressed a deep resentment, if not hatred, toward the very concept of god. “I am a good person who does all the right things,” he said. “I cannot abide by […]