A poem — I saw just now again the garden at dusk, beyond the open glass doors. I saw the white narcissus and star lilies in the moonlight, luminous and perfect. I was supposed to be somewhere else, but I stayed, remembering. For I had been here before and forgotten how everything mattered. How the radiance…

This is a hard one. But Eleanor Roosevelt knew what she was talking about. The former First Lady ranked in the top nine most widely admired people of the twentieth century. Her legacy, one among many, was to tell us “The choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” Yet…

A Victorian short story — The rider came out of the west as shadows lengthened across the moor. Three watched as they stood outside a small stone cottage. Few travelers were ever seen in that region, and rarely a woman, but here was an exception. They heard her push the horse to go faster, her…

Thoughts after listening to two spirit mediums in conversation — Every Monday night I watch and love listening to psychological therapist and spiritual medium Kellee White and spiritual medium James Van Praagh. They have to be two of the most joyous people on the planet. This is their natural state, even when their theme of the evening might explore the…

The end of storytelling as we know it — I am blown away by how many nonfiction and fiction writers are welcoming and using the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT! So much so that I knew I had to investigate this thing. I have happily read science fiction all my life, but never dreamed I would find myself talking to…

Be the flame in a dark room — Is your presence here and now in the world a benefit to you and that world? Are you good enough? Do you deserve the good things of life? Does what you do day-to-day matter? Do you count in the Great Scroll of Being? Have you given service in some way…

And its extraordinary parallels to 1912 — A thrilling and haunting immersion into everything not of this world… So did I feel, when a long time ago I watched an episode of ONE STEP BEYOND, a television show that was the first of its kind, giving highly detailed reenactments of true stories from the psychic and paranormal…

Their stories can damage your heart and soul — you must activate discernment — I view the news for five minutes a day. The only stories I open to read for longer are positive ones. These are stories that uplift my thoughts and outlook. That doesn’t mean I have a vested interest in some Pollyanna fount of information. It means I welcome reading about…

#1 —Never give your own power away — Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. ~ Three Witches of Macbeth Some people live in a toxic state of mind as their default way of seeing the world. They are not easily able to value another, because they have ceased to value themselves, and so project…