What is a moment? A moment is the space between one breath and the next, the pause when sounds and silence are taken together. Listen. Time hangs suspended, dust in a sunbeam. The world is still; thoughts quiet. Then- gone. Look away from the screen. Pause. Have a moment. *** […]
My Grievance Against God: Snakes
One summer day, many years ago, my family and I set out on a little piece of the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee. A few minutes later, my three-year-old sister screamed. I looked down. “Rattlesnake!” It had bitten her. There is a good story here, what with the rattlesnake’s subsequent demise, […]