On September 2, 2013, Diana Nyad completed a 103 mile swim from Cuba to Florida. It’s been done once before. But until yesterday the swim had not been accomplished without the benefit of a shark cage. Anita via Compfight It was Nyad’s 5th attempt. She was 64. In an interview [read more]
His words echoed with heavy tones and then just faded away. No answer. The stillness of the night was unsettling. No crickets. No sounds of distant trains moving strongly through deserted intersections. Booming silence. He was alone. With his thoughts. His prayers. Then he remembered all that God had done. [read more]
Through the years, men have made great deposits in the emotional banks of their families by pretending to really like what their daughters and sons give them for Father’s Day. “A tie! How thoughtful!” “A magnetic screwdriver! And it’s even a different color from last year’s!” And people around us [read more]
Every day, multiple times a day, I come to a crossroad. Tomorrow is the three year anniversary of one of those chance crossroad experiences. About 1 p.m. on May 24, 2010, I was a few blocks from my house and headed to the downtown post office. Something happened. I’ve written [read more]
My handy, well-worn dictionary leaps to my hand much like Thor’s hammer. As I write, words flow and leak onto the pages of my current project. But sometimes, they don’t look right. In those moments, I instinctively reach to my left and soon I’m thumbing my way through pages of [read more]
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