Imagine a Heart

High school week continues with a longer prose piece, circa 1996. I was such an earnest kid, but already much too old to be writing sentimental stuff like this.

Imagine a heart. It has stopped beating and lays dormant in [...] Continue Reading…

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A Visit

Author’s Note: My brother recently unearthed a trove of stuff I wrote in high school. I thought it would amuse you to share the worst of it. Stay tuned for a few more throughout the week.

Welcome to my woeful [...] Continue Reading…

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I wish, oh I wish, Dave Carter had gone on sharing new aspects of his gift with us for years to come. His task was an unending one, so of course it feels like it was prematurely arrested, because the work of untangling the world can never be finished. The longing for new Dave Carter music and the new understanding that comes with it brings me to the brink on days like this. Then I remember: his gift is generative. Others have been stirred to share their own new visions of the world because of the words Dave Cater wrote. That tribute keeps him as present now as he ever was, and my lament only delays its further uncovering. [...] Continue Reading…

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