Since my last post I have survived a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt as far north as Boston, and felt the gusting fury of Hurricane Irene, which ripped up a half dozen ancient oaks on my street and left most of the city without power. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but as I stood in [...]
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Surviving the Hurriquake
Posted in Life and Death, tagged 5.8, death, earthquake, God, Hurriquake, Irene, life, love, magnitude, mortality, neighbor, Richmond, Virginia on August 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Falling
Posted in Life and Death, tagged death, end, falling, life, mortality, sickness, World on May 11, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Picture a world where, at birth, you are hurled off a cliff—a really, really high cliff, so that it takes a lifetime to reach the bottom. You would “grow up” on the way down (if you can imagine such a thing) moving through the stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Because you had [...]
