Gerry and Adele
I’d just picked up my prescription when Gerry took off down the road. Our town isn’t that small geographically, but it is–was–a one industry town, and when the factory closed,…
Lilian Nattel
Better Late Than Never
I’ve been meeting weekly with a writer friend to play at writing. I have tea, she has a latte, and we write randomly for fifteen minute stretches. I’ll be posting…
Welcome!
I’d love to hear from you. Contact me here! Filed under: Miscellany
Rough Cut
Here’s a little something I wrote for fun today as a timed exercise: The King Edward Hotel was not specifically fitted out for aliens, especially water breathing aliens, but fortunately,…
Thoughts on the Moon
Many years ago, I decided to write a story that deliberately incorporated archetypes. It was called, “Woman Menstruating on the Moon,” and it was my first story to be accepted…
7 Habits According to Tolstoy
1. Keep an open mind 2. Practise empathy 3. Make a difference 4. Master the art of simple living 5. Beware your contradictions 6. Become a craftsman 7. Expand your…
Russian Letters
After ten years of research, and doing back and forth translations using google translate while scrutinizing its Russian/English dictionary, I am learning Cyrillic letters. I have to hope that this…
Winter Joy
Snow Friend (click to enlarge) This fine fellow is the creation of H. What a good way to spend Saturday morning. Filed under: Fun Tagged: creative snow
Two Jews
J and The Betrayers are both novels about antisemitism and social violence, both powerful. And yet who would talk about them in the same breath, one a dystopia, the other…
Moon and Autumn Leaves
(click to enlarge) Filed under: Light
At The Breaking of Day
Day broke, a liquid egg: Filed under: Light
Sunrise
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) And then this: a gift freely given every day. Clouds floating on a sky like water. Fire above, mysteries of home below. Filed under:…
Sharing Joy
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) He owed me nothing. I didn’t know him. But he looked at me holding my camera, and he smiled, this city worker with a…
So You Want Me To Get Screened?
I had the privilege of talking about cancer screening with a dozen women who have a history of child abuse. This is what I learned: Filed under: Concerning, Uplifting Tagged:…
Ugly Duckling?
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) I don’t buy it Mr. Andersen. Maybe the mother duck was surprised, overwhelmed, or even envious, but the baby wasn’t ugly, and she lied.…
Shadows
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) If you’re afraid of shadows, look at them more carefully. Can you see how they reveal another dimension that is not otherwise apparent? New…
Your Real Job
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) Your job is to love. Everything else is your occupation. Filed under: purpose Tagged: spirituality
Atwood & the 100 Year Forest
Depending on perspective, it is an author’s dream – or nightmare: Margaret Atwood will never know what readers think of the piece of fiction she is currently working on, because…
Review: A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944
A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944 by Willy Peter Reese My rating: 5 of 5 stars The powerful memoir of a German infantry soldier during WW2,…