The Book of Genesis is probably the most beloved and widely read passage in the Bible. The Image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden has inspired hundreds of painters and sculptors to depict this legend down through the ages.

Typical artwork shows a naked man and woman, with or without some judiciously placed [...]

As life develops, many of us have an urge to focus on the deeper issues — our dreams and goals, and our emotional and spiritual development. When this happens, life gradually becomes more about meaning and satisfaction and less about obligations and accomplishments. As you mature, you can focus on living the life [...]

It’s a beautiful day on the beach in sunny Sarasota, Florida. It’s 7 a.m. and I am preparing for my daily vacation ritual of reading and listening to my iPod on the beach wall. The beach is busting with activity. The beach sun-tent warriors are busy erecting their castles and the walkers are passionately [...]

I understand that the economy is in a slump. I am reminded of that each time I put gas in my car. I try to be a good steward of our natural resources by planning my trips to shop, visit or be entertained so not a drop of gas is wasted by doubling back or [...]

SETTING
Nine people, sitting in a circle of chairs at a playwriting workshop on a drizzly Saturday morning in April, 2006, are attending a playwriting workshop. The workshop is being held in Friday Harbor, Washington, the Gubelman Room, a second stage, at the San Juan Island Community Theatre by Bryan Willis. Tension: palpable.

You know how you have those days when the words won’t come that are on the tip of your tongue? Well, I’m finding that “I don’t get it” is a handy phrase indeed. Along with a handful of imaginary friends…but I’m getting ahead of myself here.

I pondered this question awhile before I answered it. The premise behind my idea is that literature and the sharing of it can change the world. Every time we read something new to us that stimulates a seed of an idea, a thought process , produces in us an emotional response (be it laughter, tears, [...]

I was talking today with a neighbor whose AC was not working. The poor lady was in a real panic. The AC repairman had listened to her plight and promised relief - next week. She was positive plants would die, children would fall ill and all of the furniture in her home would fall apart as the glue that held it together slowly seeped out of the joints.

I grew up in a small rural area in North East Arkansas where the only things that seemed to grow were cotton and churches. Some seasons it seemed that no matter how hard you worked, (and there is nothing about cotton that is not work), Mother Nature just refused to smile on you and all [...]

In The Heat Of The Night is simply a short story about last summer when my old air conditioning unit finally gave up the ghost and quit on me. Right in the middle of our worst heatwave of the season.
I can tell you that air conditioning is something that most of us do not think [...]