glimpses shared by our authors
  • There's nothing quite like contempt and frustration to take a struggling Buddhist off his game. I try to be compassionate, I try to detach myself from ego and all its ...
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  • So Thanks for the request for a new page whomever you are. Glad you liked the rambling. All I have on my mind right now are Lions, Tigers, and Jedi ...
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  • After the wine bar, the six of us piled back into the rental van to return to the hotel. I'd had three glasses back there, and I felt good. The ...
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  • He would often just sit in his car, asking questions to himself. There was usually no answer, and when there was, it was just what he wanted it to be. ...
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  • I very nearly convince myself of this when he walks up to the counter with his purchase. Suddenly, I have lost my voice. I feel like every other idiotic, simpering ...
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  • All I ask is to fall in love. Just once. I even sometimes try to bargain with God, though I know it will get me nowhere. What is it about ...
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  • Simplify to set yourself free. If I need a goal in order to keep moving towards something, that doesn't seem like a bad one. So I'm purging the cabinets, the ...
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  • I'm going to backpack through Japan in two weeks. I'm excited, and terrified. For anyone who hasn't gone backpacking before, while it's a great way to save money and experience ...
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  • My name is Jeffery Hendty. I am twenty. I am not your average person. I have a troubled past and some abnormal things happened to me. The reason for these ...
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  • Thus, America's cherished freedoms were taken away by the very people assigned to guarantee them, just as the aggressors hoped. This left Americans completely in the lurch, and within hours ...
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