· 3 June 2008 | 692 words
In a narrative essay titled "Teaching a Stone to Talk" (found in the book by the same name), the author Annie DIllard describes an eccentric man trying to teach a stone how to talk. Several times a day, he removes...
· 26 June 2007 | 418 words
I am standing on the cusp of a low hill. I can see my goal across the way on top a very distant hill. The path below through the valley is obscured. I can see no clear way to proceed....
· 25 June 2007 | 197 words
A bird was flying south for the winter. Cold and hungry, the bird found refuge in a barn on a farm. His wings were nearly frozen stiff with icicles. The bird thought to himself, "I am dead for sure." A...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us