It’s been a crazy start to the new year, but it’s been a welcoming start. For those who don’t know, last week the other half and I closed on our very first home. The past week has been a whirlwind of cleaning the new to us house, painting the interior walls, doing some minor repairs that […]
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Recompense (The Magician – Chapter Fourteen)
This is the fourteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Recompense Ignace laid on the bed on his stomach, his right cheek pressed into the sheet-covered mattress as pillows remained where they had been tossed. He was […]
It’s the end of another year
It’s the time of year where everyone shares their accomplishments for the year. And while this post will be no different in that regards, there is also a bit of reflection as well. I had several author and writing related goals I had jotted upon a piece of paper at the beginning of this year: And […]
Recognize the Spark
Recently, I was asked a question. How do you feel loved and connected? I had answered “my family.” But I didn’t mean only the family of blood I have that is dispersed all over the United States, but the family I have made as well, who continue to bless me and keep me on this path […]
Abscond (The Magician – Chapter Thirteen)
This is the thirteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Abscond The first few weeks of the new world tour had come and gone uneventfully. Ignace mostly performed his usual stories, the magical paintings that had made […]
I want peace but it’s not what I’m used to
One of my favorite shows to watch at Christmastime is A Charlie Brown Christmas. My absolute favorite scene of the movie is when Linus tells Charlie Brown, Lucy, the cast, and pretty much the whole world what Christmas is all about, quoting a certain passage in the Bible. One particular verse of that passage sticks […]
Thora (The Magician – Chapter Twelve)
This is the twelfth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Thora “You’ll never guess what I just heard!” Thora hissed excitedly after the two cousins greeted each other with hugs and kisses. Vanessa looked at her elder […]
Generations upon hopeful generations
It’s December finally and Christmas is bearing down on us, bringing all sorts of glad tidings and a casserole dish of emotions. We deal with realities, with relatives, with things that crop up and memories of things long gone. It’s a time for tradition. But it’s also a time for new adventures and new ideas. […]
Expectations and the unexpected
I’m sitting in the front room of my small abode in my tiny swath of the Midwest, watching the melting snow drip off of the roof as the sun rises above the houses across the street. We’ve had our first snowfall of this season. Of course, it always makes me kind of chuckle when I […]
Willpower, temperance, self-control… and gratitude?
There was a buzz in the air at the little church in my tiny swath of the Midwest this past Sunday. Between the poor squirrel who had given its life to knock out the power earlier in the morning, the forgetfulness of the worship leader to have what was prepared for speaking brought to church, […]
K. S. Wood Writes 