The View from the Ridge

 In a short story I wrote, I said this: Can we allow within ourselves some force that is greater than we are, something that might cause ...

Here’s a great poem by Emily Dickinson about truth.  Tell it Slant  Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies; To...

I just read somewhere that Good Friday is “a moveable feast.”  Hmmm, I said. What does that mean? Ernest Hemingway wrote a novel called A ...

I think maybe I have ADHD this summer. I have gotten only halfway through the very good book I’ve been reading for the past month. Usual...

Here’s a truth. Sometimes you will find that you cannot completely figure out some situation. But you may have a feeling it’s time to do so...

Here’s a marvelous poem by Maya Angelou.   She is a powerful poet who believes in a powerful God. Way back when Job lived     his people...

 With all the flurry surrounding the marriage today of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton, I’ve been checking out the royal family. ...

It’s been a long time since we did a word study here on “Connections.”   I believe one is now in order.   Here is the word for the day: w...