Death came more quickly than all expected. Unfamiliar eyes turn to me, a stranger in a place where no one is at home. Expectant eyes ask me to say very few words to make meaning out of what no one wants, yet is. I am an outsider expected to be a known imparter of wisdom. […]
Acacia Avenue
Living Life in the Everyday Oblivious to the Side Street God
Somewhere Among the Shelves
On a side street, not always on the same side street, is a little store front. Sometimes here, sometimes there, but the door is always propped open. From the street you can see the jumble of books and papers and maps, filling every corner, leading down every isle, into a maze and jumble that seems […]
Redemption from Fear: “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”
Part 2 of a 3 Part Trilogy William Inge’s play, “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs,” is the story of the healing of the dysfunctional aspects of an entire family, the Floods, each member of which is plagued by some form of fear. The title comes from the little boy Sonny’s fear of […]
Acacia Avenue
Acacia Ave. is an ironic metaphor for middle-class anywhere. It is a street of homes lined with acacia trees (or something similar) and well-manicured lawns. Acacia Street is a street where comfortable, ambitionless families live their satisfied. They might even go to church. After all, that is the respectable thing to do. Comfortable in their […]