Sowelu— Wholeness

Around the time I was toying with the idea of a writing life, the Rune Stones— twenty-five to be exact— came into my life. Whenever unable to make a decision, I’d haul out the Stones. Now, I’m fully aware of how easy it is to interpret the reading of a selected Stone,...

Holy Backstory!

Ever since my plunge into this precarious life of a writer, I’ve been bombarded with the Dos and Don’ts of backstory. I have nothing against dos and don’ts— my life is riddled with personal ones that keep me moving forward instead of hanging around waiting for the...

My Helen Keller Moment

Jump back to college, senior year. For fun, I signed up for Intro to Economics, believing it was a topic I needed to have a grasp on before venturing out into the real world. My professor had previously gone to seminary to become a priest, perhaps because he believed...