Human TraffickingFor information about human trafficking in the Pacific, here’s a great novel! Kidnapped from the Caribbean, by Todd Duff. “Based on true stories of modern-day piracy, human trafficking, smuggling, and the drug trade involving the theft of charter vessels and private yachts in the Caribbean and Central America, Kidnapped from the Caribbean is aContinue reading “Zander’s Island Resources”
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Zander's Island Resources
Human TraffickingFor information about human trafficking in the Pacific, here’s a great novel! Kidnapped from the Caribbean, by Todd Duff. “Based on true stories of modern-day piracy, human trafficking, smuggling, and the drug trade involving the theft of charter vessels and private yachts in the Caribbean and Central America, Kidnapped from the Caribbean is aContinue reading “Zander's Island Resources”
Tacoma Chinese Expulsion References
I’m starting a new novel about a love story between a white woman and a Chinese man in Tacoma in 1883-1885, leading up to the expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma in November 1885. To prepare, I’m reading a lot of articles from the Tacoma Daily Ledger from those early years of Tacoma. I planContinue reading “Tacoma Chinese Expulsion References”
Dante Bellafonte’s Boss
Dante Bellafonte’s Boss Just LOVED to eat spaghetti sauce. He ate it with noodles, He ate it with bread, He ate with poodles, He ate it with Fred. He ate it with chips, He ate it with Laura, He ate it with Fauna, He ate it with Flora. After rubbing his belly, he’d say howContinue reading “Dante Bellafonte’s Boss”
No Taste for the Corruptible
No Taste for the Corruptible I often used to wonder how the genealogy of Jesus really made any difference because it traces his lineage through Joseph who, as we know, had nothing to do with the conception of Jesus. Mary was a virgin. She was impregnated by the Holy Spirit not by Joseph. Someone onceContinue reading “No Taste for the Corruptible”
Children’s Poems
Busy Mr. Thelby “Tell me,” said old Mister Thelby. “Tell me Walter Hugh, Why are you so blue?” “Cause I’m bored and it’s cold, and there’s nothing here to do.” “Cause you’re bored and it’s cold? Why, then there’s a million things to do.” “Blah,” said Walter. “I’m certain that’s not true?” “Maybe not forContinue reading “Children’s Poems”
The Clearing of Each Heart
“For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. Meanwhile, the lot of widows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to their defense, not God’sContinue reading “The Clearing of Each Heart”
One part doubt, equal part faith
One part doubt, equal part faith Adoration June 27, 2014 I came here tonight somewhat like a person dragging a moaning child to the dentist. My spirit rebels. Is it my spirit or my mind, my logos or my pathos? Perhaps it is logos. I doubt. I confess this sin: that I doubt. It isContinue reading “One part doubt, equal part faith”
Double-bagging
In 1986, when I was sixteen, my best friend Jon helped me get a job at the local Safeway in Oklahoma City bagging groceries. We thought we were cool because we could earn money to buy our own Polo cologne, fill up our tanks with gas for cruising on Friday nights, and buy our ownContinue reading “Double-bagging”
Thoughts and Sayings
These sayings came from my journals over the past 20-30 years. A house divided makes a pretty good duplex. I’m not all good, but I ain’t half bad. I have found that all of my problems tend to resolve themselves as soon as I have taken care of them. What lies behind us and whatContinue reading “Thoughts and Sayings”
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