I sit in my room and think about what the rest of the world is doing. I know somewhere someone is having the best night of her life. City lights …
Can Words Hurt Us?
“My complaint fell on deaf ears. I think it is a lame excuse. He regarded the issue with a blind eye. That method is being used as a crutch.” How …
Necessary Getaway!
By the time this column goes on-line at Audacity, we hope to be in Vancouver, B.C. for a few days, and then over in eastern British Columbia for a week …
The Awakening
I am, for reasons I’ll try to explain, anti-authoritarian. You know the bumper sticker, “Question Authority.” Authority offers systems: think, act, dress, eat, live, this way: everything will be OK …
A Road More Purposed
Do you ever wonder what your purpose in life is? Have you questioned the very idea of such a thing? Is there really some guiding force out there directing our …
Tripping the Life Fantastic
I wonder just how many people, when they reach their final years and begin to reflect upon their lives, mourn the precious time they wasted pursuing materialistic goals that the …
Maybe I Should Just Stop Trying To Date
Driving down a country road some eight years ago, I hadn’t prepared myself for the black ice that lay ahead of me that would forever change my future. This tragedy …
The Mother I Never Had
Every mother’s day I get a deep longing inside to give thanks to my mother, but, sadly, the one I had wasn’t much of a mom. I didn’t grow up …
Mom and Some Unfinished Business
Thinking back on my mother is kind of like…my family is history is like a wood-pile I once sorted and stacked up. It’s fallen down over the last dozen years. …