Comment on Isosceles triangles by hfreeman17
Yep. As a kid, Karen went to Laity Lodge as a camper and then a counselor. Karen graduated in the same high school class with Deborah Rogers. Last year, we went to Laity Lodge Family Camp and had a...
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Comment on Not so much human by Deidra
They are so sweet when they’re sleeping. And I’m sure they think of us the same way sometimes.
View ArticleComment on Not so much human by hfreeman17
I definitely recall wanting to run away from home quite often. I grew up in a 6-story Upper East Side apartment building in Manhattan, and once I ‘ran away’ (with red handkerchief of my belongings tied...
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Comment on Not so much human by shrinkingthecamel
This is SO true. My girls are approaching late teens (you know, just beyond the “sassy” years), and I so long for those angelic faces. Luckily, we took lots of video back then.
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Comment on Daddy’s not angry by shrinkingthecamel
Howard – This is quite a powerful piece. Thanks for sharing your personal battles – I think this is where the best writing comes from. Love where you went with the ending. Kerrville must have done you...
View ArticleComment on Daddy’s not angry by Nancy Franson (@nancyfranson)
Suicide visited my family as well and I keep a wary eye on the lookout, afraid he might stop by again to claim someone I love. I heard a similar sermon during one Maundy Thursday service, and it has...
View ArticleComment on Daddy’s not angry by annkroeker
So revealing and humble. Thank you for this. Thank you for all of this.
View ArticleComment on Daddy’s not angry by hfreeman17
Thanks, Ann. I actually never saw the essay going into that riff at the end until it did, which was the most fulfilling to write.
View ArticleComment on Daddy’s not angry by hfreeman17
I agree. Fred Smith of Tyler (http://www.facebook.com/wfredsmith) posted something Eugene Peterson said about suffering, which I agree with.
View ArticleComment on Ode to my head by Ann Kroeker
So curious, isn’t it, how our dreams give us out-of-body experiences while we rest deep within?
View ArticleComment on Byōbu: block the wind by Ann Kroeker
So descriptive, Howard, I am walking with you, taking note of individual people in the masses, taking them in, each one, made in God’s image.
View ArticleComment on Ode to my head by hfreeman17
Thanks for this and the other comment, Ann. I jotted down ‘Ode to my head’ while sitting on The High Line in gorgeous 45-degree morning sun.
View ArticleComment on Another gift by Ann Kroeker
Such imagery, and such a revealing window into a personality. My dad says the same thing about wrapping paper, insisting we unwrap delicately, preserving the paper that we bought for 50 cents a tube at...
View ArticleComment on They come for the money by hfreeman17
…curious if any readers were presented with an Adobe page that required you to login or create an account? (That was not supposed to happen.)
View ArticleComment on They come for the money by Sandra
Yes, I did get that. Perhaps you can tell me ‘the rest of the story’ here in Kerrville this summer, over coffee with boys running amidst…
View ArticleComment on Contact Me: by Sandra
Haven’t been on for a while, due to business. Nice to catch up, you’re such a good writer, Howard. I feel like I go to where your stories are when I read them.
View ArticleComment on Young for your age by here
Dude! This site is sick! How can I make it look this good !
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