The world is a bit less brighter this week, at least here in my little swath of the Midwest. The magic that sparkled has lost its luster, though it remains. My friend Rick has completed his courageous battle with cancer. It wasn’t the completion many were hoping for, but it was the completion that was […]
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Wonder and Awe
Easter Sunday was this past Sunday. I have often marveled that the five themes of Advent; hope, peace, joy, love and light, are also in the story of the Resurrection. There is hope that there is more to the story than just death. It mixes with the despair of the crucifixion. There is peace in […]
Holy Week and Random Thoughts
I’ve been a bit unmotivated to sit at my computer and write this week. Well, I should say I’m unmotivated to write when the weather is nice outside and the sun is shining through the office windows that are still grimy and in desperate need of cleaning. But here I sit regardless, watching two of […]
When it becomes too much
I’m currently working on yet another story in my Portals Series. This one is the story of an elemental magician by the name of Taylor who discovers he needs to come to the aid of one of his best friends in life while trying to figure out where his own place is since he rebels […]
Empathy is a sin
Apparently, having empathy and compassion are now sins, at least according to some of the algorithms of my various social media feeds. They have become buzz words embroiled in this political idea of “wokeness.” They are ideas that many seem to recoil from, given that they aren’t correct words to have in the political climate […]
We are but dust
There is so much of our lives that we cannot control, even as we try to do so. We can make all sorts of plans. We can dream huge dreams and work to try to achieve them. We can take steps to do what we want to do, but still life throws us curveballs. Like […]
And now, the mundanity of weather.
The weather here in my little swath of the Midwest is a bit bipolar lately. A couple of weeks ago it was subzero (keep in mind I live in Iowa, United States, so I use the Fahrenheit system of measurement) and then it climbed into the 50s. It then dipped back into the 30s and […]
Diary of a Revolution
Another post-apocalyptic story I started with an idea that went nowhere. This was a dream I had, but i couldn’t get the details down correctly so I just have the journal entry – I don’t even have a name for the narrator. As I stated in the disclaimer above, I originally posted this on a […]
villains in someone else’s story
Let’s talk about Judas Iscariot for a moment. Oh, have I got your attention? Good. I always think about the musical Jesus Christ Superstar when I think about Judas Iscariot. The song Heaven on Their Minds is the first sung song in the musical and Judas sings it, creating a conflicted character that believes he […]
Sorry to a Friend
Can you tell once upon a time I wanted to write angsty stuff? I was listening to Edwin McCain one night (Sorry to a Friend) and this came to mind. So I started to write. He was sitting in the bar, drinking a bottle of cheap beer, and talking to the dude sitting next to […]
K. S. Wood Writes 