Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

Tag: Invisibility

January 1, 2016

Poems for Elders

I

elders
cling close
old age
unseen
kindly eyes
drill deep
tap light
unseen
by youth
or passersby

II

Sweet Jesus
Could I not wave
A magic wand
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December 15, 2015

Going to Seminary | Part 7

1973 Sep Altadena Family Pic 2

Altadena, California style, Sept 1973. Dresses by Elouise; D’s tie by a friend.

Nothing like the experience I describe in Part 5 and Part 6 ever happened again. Going to seminary, and to Fuller Seminary in particular, was the most wonderful thing I could have done at that time of my life.

Nonetheless, this post is also about hard stuff. Read the rest of this entry »

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November 12, 2014

What About the Women?

I tried to write another post about my relationships with men.  But I couldn’t.  I felt myself getting bogged down looking at only part of this confusing picture.  Yes, I have 5 pages of notes about men.  But I have over 13 pages of handwritten notes about women!

I never typed up any of these notes.  I was afraid someone might read them. Read the rest of this entry »

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