You, like most everyone, have attended a work meeting or a party. It’s easy to say one is more entertaining because of the nature of the event, however this isn’t exactly correct. The differences are in the attendee’s attitudes. There’s a positive spark that makes the flame burn hot and bright at one, while the…

Eleven, that’s the age Sandy Sanderson invited me to partake in a ‘sweat-house ceremony.’ At first, I wasn’t going to do it, fearful that I was about find myself in a position to have to endure more teasing than I was already going through at the time. But unlike other times when I felt frightened…

Writer and blogger, H.R.R. Gorman wrote ‘Designing Assassins,’ in 2014. I’ve taken the liberty to write a 100-word follow-up to this dystopian masterpiece… —– Cal’s keyboard chatters, his fingers busy typing. We work on the same project, so he has no reason to be so hard at work. It was only a few minutes ago…

Zooming southbound on Pyramid Highway at noon-time, I heard the first subtle strains of the National Anthem come through my truck’s radio. Initially, it surprised me as I was certain I had music station Easy 104.1 (KEUZ, Fallon, Nevada) blasting away and not some sports broadcast. The sound also left me confused momentarily about what…

Thirty-five stories and she had to trudge her way to the top. It was something she didn’t want to do, but had to do. Carla was on a mission. She had to try out her new wings. She stood before her reflection in the glass door. They were light, delicate and very nearly invisible. Carla…

We live in a state of constant noise. Human activity – vehicles, heavy machinery, airplanes, and electronic devices. The natural world – birds, wind, thunder and insects. Rarely, do we experience actual quiet. When we do, we’re compelled to fill it with sound – any sound – as quietness feels awkward in our hustle and…

“A meowing cat catches no mice,” goes the Yiddish proverb. Some days I spend more time talking about what I’d like to do than doing anything at all. Perhaps it’s my need for reassurance that I do this. Maybe we’re looking for a bit of advice to shore up our desires. But then, you might…

Following a spate of deaths in my life, it felt good to do something creative and refreshing. Creative because I took my camera with me; refreshing because I’d have the chance to see newly born animals. To that end I visited the nearby Andelin Family Farm in Spanish Springs, Nevada as they held one of…

Advice is free and because of that, it’s usually cheap and in great abundance. The world is full of people with great ideas on how to improve other’s lives and circumstances. Your ideas can be some good ones, the problem is that not everybody is in a position to listen to them or act upon…

There’s no ‘spiritual happiness’ in stuff.  Of course, before learning this, we must first know what spiritual happiness is and what it means to us personally. What’s hard about this is spiritual happiness has a different meaning to each of us. You may find spiritual happiness in walking along a beach or attending a house…