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Continue reading →: What Governs My Actions?
The salty tang of lemon pepper and oil laced the air as I stepped from my car. The parking lot was mostly full. A cluster of tan uniforms milled around the open doors of a minivan to the left, and a young man with headphones sat in front of a cream-and-blue…
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Continue reading →: Silent Moments
Light piano music filled the small L-shaped room. There were six chairs, one lamp, and a few magazines. To my right, the chiropractor sat behind his desk, going over paperwork. He had another patient coming before he could talk with me, so I pulled out my phone and started to…
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Continue reading →: Books I read in 2012
Looking back over this list I have a hard time believing I read all of these in one year. It seems so long ago that I discovered Kenneth Oppel’s mastery of words and his zeppelin world, or that Scott Westerfeld dazzled me with his Steampunk version of World War I, or that…
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Continue reading →: Growing in 2013: My Attack Plan
Resolutions or Goals? Next to me, as I sit in a Kansas coffee shop, is a cup of tea. Hibiscus Ginger Orange, to be precise, steeped for just under 4 minutes. Before this year I had never found a tea I liked; grass-flavored water, it all seemed to me. But…
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Continue reading →: Review of Untitled: Thoughts on the Creative Process
Just over a year ago I had the privilege of reading Blaine Hogan’s book, Untitled: Thoughts on the Creative Process. Blaine is the creative director for Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, and was an actor for many years before that. He walks through the creative process every day, and…
