“It takes a little time sometimes to get your feet back on the ground / It takes a little time sometimes to turn the Titanic around / It takes a little time sometimes, but baby, you’re not going down. It takes more than you got right now / Give it, give it time” ~ Amy […]
Tag: magic
Rankins (The Magician – Chapter Eight)
This is the eighth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Rankins Ophelia Rankin Stoneburner was beaming at the two women as they came up the front porch stairs. She stepped forward and greeted them both with hugs […]
Setbacks
This past week, I suffered a blow to the goals I had set up for the month of October. I had made plans to walk at least a mile every single day of the month and that goal has already been setback unintentionally. I came down with a head cold. It’s amazing how a simple […]
Persist
Anyone who knows me knows that I wear several bracelets. It’s something I started doing a few years ago, mainly because I wanted to express myself, but also because some have words I wanted to focus on. I’ve mentioned them in a few blogs posts here as well. One of the words I have on […]
Where There is Love
Anyone who pays attention to the news will tell you that there is so much in the way of hatred in our world today. Look at the way invasions, mass shootings, book ban parties, even comments on social media accounts are perversive. We make rules against love. We tell people they cannot love others because […]
Allium (The Magician – Chapter Seven)
This is the seventh chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Allium It would not do to ruminate on a long-missing family member, Vanessa thought as she stared off into the distance through her window on the train. […]
Miles and Miles
My late friend Margo was known for walking upwards of seven miles a day, no matter if it were raining, snowing, or if the sun was shining brightly. And while I can get upwards of 24,000 steps in a day with the full time job, I still feel as if I pale in comparison. I […]
It’s Not Fair
It’s a phrase we all say. IT’S NOT FAIR! As children, we yell it when we perceive a sibling or classmate is receiving something better than we were given by an adult. It’s not fair we have to do the dishes tonight. It’s not fair that they got the purple marker. It’s not fair that […]
Nestor (The Magician – Chapter Six)
This is the sixth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click there to read the other chapters if you missed them. Nestor Vanessa was unaware she had been spoken of in such a fashion as she rode the elevated train across the city. She was heading from her […]
You Matter
It’s just a small tag, the size of a business card with laminate that reaches out a fraction of an inch. But it’s a special tag as well. At the beginning of every school year, the tiny church I belong in this swath of the Midwest gives out the tags to students and anyone else […]
K. S. Wood Writes 