My heart is heavy this week, friends. I give you fair warning: this post contains much talk of scripture and…
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Building Home: A Poetical Rant
I’ve been thinking about “home” quite a bit lately, and about “building home”. The view from my current “home”. Not…
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The Other Side
I give you fair warning, friends: it’s about to get all biblical – and poetical – up in here. *NOTE: If…
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New Year “Adventures” and a Strange Gift
I don’t know how things are at your house, but in the Nelson homestead, 2019 has begun with a whimper…
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A Tale of Launch, Longing, and Love
Friends, The Ancient launched this week. On Sunday, November 25, 2018, my first post-Gatekeeper novel child set out to meet…
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Running: Chariots of Fire Meets Lord of the Rings
There are times when running can be absolute bliss. (There are, of course, also times when it can be the…
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Elves, Effort, and T. S. Eliot
If you’ve read even a small portion of this blog, you know that I am rather fond of J. R.…
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Home-Work; or, Poetry Strikes Again
Working from home can be a tricky business. Someone asked me the other day how the whole writing thing works…
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