January 16, 2019
The Light Within You
This Spark and Spitfire post introduces a new regular feature and category — Sparks — thoughts, excerpts, rants, etc. — inspired by … Read More “The Light Within You”
Category: Books
October 2, 2018
In Cold Texas
On August 11, 2006 — a sweltering Friday night — 16-year-old Amber Wyatt reported that she had been raped in … Read More “In Cold Texas”
September 13, 2018
F-Bomb
Yesterday, David Ignatius, the award-winning columnist for the Washington Post published an editorial about Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in … Read More “F-Bomb”
August 16, 2018
Magic Horse
Yesterday I imagined walking into the lobby of the Bread Loaf Inn in the Green Mountains near Middleburg, Vermont to … Read More “Magic Horse”
June 25, 2018
Without Donald Hall
Donald Hall, one of my favorite poets and the husband of another of my favorite poets — Jane Kenyon — … Read More “Without Donald Hall”
June 21, 2018
The Grace of Books
“Books saved my life,” writes Kevin Powers, a novelist and veteran of the war in Iraq in a recent New York … Read More “The Grace of Books”