Have you ever been into a place where you suddenly felt like you couldn't keep up appearances? Like out of your element, but in a good way? I've been to a few places like that, where as soon as I touch the door handle my ability to present all the things I wanted to co...

I don't believe in coincidence.  I put no stock in random happenings.  This is a world of people, of spirit and of infinite energy.  On so many wondrous occassions, if we are open to them, those energies may well converge in a meeting of two people.  Most would say thi...

There is a lot written about veterans.  No shortage of material exists pertaining to veterans, transition from active duty, mental and physical health and about a dozen other topics.  We are conscious of our vets, of the men and women who have answered the call to serv...

I never expected that people I had no true connection to would ever reach out to me seeking a conversation.  It's something I always hoped would come from this project, but something I just never thought would actually happen.  

Then it did.

Someone reached out...

One of the best gifts you can receive is to reconnect with a friend after some time has passed.  The day after my 39th birthday I received such a gift.

Jane Harris and I go back a little more than a year now.  She was one of the phenomenal people I met as I continued ne...

Conversation has always come easy to us no matter how long we have gone without talking.  But, on this particular day, it takes a little longer.  We are both scared and it is difficult because we are not used to being so scared.  "How are you feeling?" I ask.  "Hungry,...

I've been an artist for most of my life, a writer, a creative.  These are all labels, solely serving as a convenient way to convey the medium in which I work.  I string words together to craft images and thoughts, to form stories.  Being a creative is interesting, but...

I've never been to West Virginia.  

In the many years I have travelled;  I have read about and passed through the state, my girlfriend is even from there, but I have never been to West Virginia truly.  You begin to wonder about the places you have never spent time...