A NOTE...to those reading this on my website rather than in the newspaper: Denim Spirit is a weekly column that appears each Wednesday in The Finger Lakes Times (NY. Cir. 30,000) and the references … [Read more...]
A River of Gratitude
I was an adjunct professor for five years and taught an introduction to the primal narratives in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. As it turned out, for some students it was also a writing boot … [Read more...]
Ah, the Seasons!
If it were mid-summer, a cloudless blue sky with the lake sparkling diamonds of morning light, and the only thing a body wanted to do was sit still and not move, it could be a warning sign of … [Read more...]
David Wannabe
This post began life in The Finger Lakes Times (NY), in the weekly series, "Denim … [Read more...]
When a sermon is not a sermon and God is in between the lines
This column originally appeared in The Finger Lakes Times, as part of a weekly column, "Denim Spirit." But before that, it was a sermon (see post for 4/30/17). This is what a sermon looks like, … [Read more...]
Denim Spirit: Words Wiggle And Meaning Is Slippery
This post appeared first in the weekly column, "Denim Spirit," for The Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Confession
A friend sent me a Mary Oliver poem I had never read before (thank you, Peter), and it made me ache. Truly, it was a craving in my bones. I loved it, as I do so many of her poems. It … [Read more...]