Reflections By The Bay

HAPPY THANKSGIVING  VIRGINIA BEACH, 2007 

FOUR STORIES ENTITLED, “STARTING AGAIN” INTRODUCTION The title of my homily is, “Four Stories Entitled, 'Starting Again'” H...

PSYCHIATRIST AND PRIEST Her story was pockmarked with tears and fears, pauses and becauses – lots of becauses , some making me nervous...

NOVEMBER LEAVES November leaves – beautiful before their fall, then down on the ground like the dead in so many silent cemeteries. ...

THE SUN The little girl kept reaching out trying to grab the ball of sun, but she couldn’t reach it and nobody would bounc...

PROPER BURIAL She was out picking berries – her leather satchel had the hardened remains. The anthropologists figured it was a land ...

OLD PORCH CHAIR The paint is peeling off the old porch chair. I guess choosing to sit out here all the time it never gets a chance t...