Lost Time: Chapter 9
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 1380 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. The fragrance of roses, jasmine, gardenia…
Year: 2019
The Schoolboy
By Jonathan Francesco Word Count: 182 Rating: G Summary: The hope in a schoolboy's eyes fade as the years roll by. Eyes of blue and curly hair of brown So free and happy as…
The Psychology of Creativity
“There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.” - Victor Hugo The creativity of man has been a monumental force through the…
For Wrath, For Ruin: Aragorn Reflects on Helm’s Deep
This must be the end of all things for me, this height, this depth, this place. It presses down on me, shrinks me, and stifles me. I am used to roaming wide plains…
Capax Infiniti
Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky. ~Cesare Pavese This lonely windblown instant on the gravelly edge of a muddy middle-of-nowhere parking lot right before the storm.…
J. R. R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings: “The Prayers at the Foot of the Altar” and The Dark Night of the Soul
The landscape and illumination of J.R.R. Tolkien's mind exposes far more than a vast and expansive fantasy world, but also a glimpse into a Catholic mind which understood implicitly that 'The Conqueror’s Weapon is the…
Entangled Thoughts
By Joseph R. Ravitts Word Count: 145 Rating: PG for the cause of the poem Summary: A poem of hope I wrote the following poem years ago, to a girl experiencing the self-injury urge. ("Mister Monk"…
Dragon in the North Part One: Allegiance
Shouts echoed around the vast Hall, now filled to capacity with the Northern nobles. Lords, Ladies and bannermen had all heeded the ravens calling them back to Winterfell to greet the returning King in the…
Souls We Hardly Save: Staying Spiritually Aware During Dark Times
The world is turning faster and faster and faster, and so many of us feel as if we’re about to fall off the carousel. We are shocked at the spin, and cannot find our footing.…
Movie Review: Falling Inn Love
Falling Inn Love (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Inn_Love) This charming little film was quite a nice surprise for me, and I actually enjoyed it a lot more that I thought I would. Full of funny and quirky characters, and…