This past Sunday, the tables in the narthex of one of the local churches in my little swath of the Midwest were full of people enjoying camaraderie and some scrumptious cheesecake and coffees. They all had something in common…. they all had volunteered to make this little swath of the Midwest a better place for […]
Tag: magic
Is it lawful to do good?
“Jesus said to them, ‘I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?” Luke 6:9 (NRSV) In the Christian Bible, Jesus spoke this after being questioned why he was healing a man on the day of rest. Those questioning him […]
A story ended
I had started to write a post about my crazy weekend, but the words have fallen flat in light of something that weighs heavily on my heart. You see, another in my circle has been taken away. This was a friend and cheerleader, a wonderful old soul that may have been short in stature, but […]
Do small things with great love
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, known as a day of love. It was also Ash Wednesday, the start of a season of sacrifice, a time of intentions and reflection. The juxtaposition of these two days together may seem strange. But really, it’s not. One story states that Saint Valentine was martyred for being a Christian priest or bishop […]
Questions (The Magician – Chapter Seventeen)
This is the seventeenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Questions Vanessa woke up in the old four poster bed in the guest bedroom of her grandmother’s home in the same bed in which she and Thora […]
Revealed…. or not…. we continue to write the story
Apocalyptic. That is one word that brings terror to some. After all, the apocalypse, according to the Christian Bible, is the final destruction of the world. Numerous people have predicted this event. Many have failed. But the word doesn’t mean all of this trepidation and finality. It doesn’t even have to be a scary word, even though it is. The […]
Monday musings
As I drove home the other day from work to my new abode, I noticed a hawk catching a ride on a gust of wind. In that same seven mile journey, I also noticed an eagle flying high in the sky, a flock of geese in perfect formation in the vista ahead of me, and […]
Iowa Nice
As a Southern California transplant to the Midwest almost seventeen years ago, I had to become accustomed to the idea that perfect strangers here in Iowa seem to go out of their way to help others. My first year here, my car had broken down on the side of the road and a man whose name […]
Independence (The Magician – Chapter Sixteen)
This is the sixteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Independence It took some persuading, a bit of magic, and even some of her seemingly inexhaustible pocket money, but eventually Vanessa made it backstage. She was surprised at […]
Theater (The Magician – Chapter Fifteen)
This is the fifteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Theater Thora was able to finally land two box seats to the Saturday night performance of the pathomotus under the name of Alice Rothschild, one of her […]
K. S. Wood Writes 