What Happened Overnight?
Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash Written the morning of January 7, 2021, after the violence at the nation’s capital building. Many of us went to bed last night full of angst and fear based on the events at the capital building yesterday. And many awoke this...
Yielding
Photo by Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash As writers, we continually investigate the nuances of words. If we choose one word, it may tweak our meaning a little too much in the wrong direction. So we search for the specific term to capture the essence of our message. It’s a...
Identity
Photo by William Farlow on Unsplash Much of what we observe taking place in society today seems to be related to the fight for personal freedoms. There’s nothing wrong with that in America, right? After all, the pursuit of happiness is one of the principles our...
Filtering Rhetoric
Photo by falco from Pixabay Having studied language acquisition, I pay close attention to the nuances of expression. Perhaps too often I have judged a person to be biased in some way based on the connotations of their discourse. Indeed, the words we use when...
Beauty Out of Ashes
“It’s time!” She bolts up in bed and shakes her husband awake. Subconsciously he jumps into action despite the part of him that wonders where he is, what time it is, and what’s going on. He throws on his clothes and rushes to grab the suitcase, packed and already by...
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