By C. Graham Campbell, Ph.D As a Buddhist leaning spiritual student, I wish I could tell you that looking death in the eye was a choice motivated solely because that is an important part of the path. Unfortunately, that would be less than honest. An onslaught of health issues between 2015 and 2023 required it. … Continue reading Facing Death: Fear and Gifts
Isolation
By Haleema Dalhat I am me, just a normal human being, With lots of friends you everyday seeing. Go with the flow, some coming and leaving, Amidst of all problem that no one's believing. I am a person who's lacking of courage, Full of potential that is stucked on my storage. A lonely wanderer with … Continue reading Isolation
Four Pieces
By Edward Michael Supranowicz Up Looks Down 6b Cross Words The Tango of Life and Death The Pain Within Hearts 3 Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has … Continue reading Four Pieces
Thank Hugh, Kate!
By Christina H. Janousek As I was passing Schönbrunn Palace one February morning on my way to work, I was confronted with a sight that I could not help but associate with the most unpalatable period in Austrian history. The one which we owe to a megalomaniac, yet small-minded landscape painter of the second class. … Continue reading Thank Hugh, Kate!
A Thousand Worlds Too Far
By Theodore Alexander Hall Spit flew against the plastic visor as a tear danced upon a slender cheek. The suit stuck firmly in the empty void, a ripple of grey in the endless black. He watched with anticipation as his palm closed, fingers gliding through the heavens. It was an odd sensation, no limit, no … Continue reading A Thousand Worlds Too Far
Deceptiveness
By Lefcothea-Maria Golgaki In the aftermath of the disaster I now recognize my inability to be divided from fire. How can I ever quench these flames? Painfully aware of the monsters that inhabit my wilderness. Vultures, devourers of my soul How can I ever seize control of you? And if the flame goes out And … Continue reading Deceptiveness
Self-Certainty
By Earl Smith As it happened, Racoon was resting on a sunny morning in a grassy area next to Brook that Wanders Through the Woods. Her morning foraging had yielded two crawfish, and a particularly nice young eel. She had fastidiously washed, then eaten, each. A satisfying ritual that, at least partially, lightened the burden … Continue reading Self-Certainty
Grave Robbers
By Wolfgang Wright “Why not trees?” the boy asked his father, who was just about to fire up the excavator. “What?” “Why not trees instead of bones?” They had just returned from lunch, where they had sat under a tree for shade, which was where the boy had gotten the idea from. The tree was … Continue reading Grave Robbers
Soft Whispers: Jill & Jake
By Nancy Lou Henderson Jill reached for her cell phone when the alarm began to play softly. While turning the alarm off, she sat in bed, wishing she could finish her dream but knowing it would repeat. For some reason, the dream had come to her every night for a week, stopping at the same … Continue reading Soft Whispers: Jill & Jake
Life
By Carla Dias Everybody wonders, at some point in our lives, if we could turn back the clock, what we would change. Well, I would change some things because (and please, don’t say you have no regrets! Everyone has regrets!) I have made some questionable decisions. I’m human so it’s in my nature to make … Continue reading Life
Academy of the Heart And Mind 