WITH OUT

WITH OUT

There is no heartache without a home, no decision without a door; no destiny without discipline, no worship without awe. There is no courtyard without secrets, no window without a view, no smoke without fire of a story that is not true. There is no reward without...
Glorified Joy

Glorified Joy

It’s the feeling you get when ‘it’ is over. You know, that college thesis, military boot camp, that restrictive diet, that house move, the big dentist appointment, etc. Anxiety floats away. Suddenly, we feel alive again, the sun is shining brighter, the grass is...
A comic’s message

A comic’s message

Julius Caesar Dithers was introduced to the public via the Blondie comic strip in 1933. He was the tyrannical boss of Dagwood, and owner of the construction company, D.C. Dithers. He was constantly berating his employees, and notably Dagwood, for being late, for...
Proof positive!

Proof positive!

I remember, in math class, my non-math-oriented classmates groaning when, on a test, there were problems to be solved. That wasn’t the main trigger, though. It was the line: ‘Show all your work.’ Yep. The teacher wanted to know that the process for solving was fully...
And cake, too!

And cake, too!

It’s incredible when you think about it. An unknown team of medical researchers in an unknown lab in an unknown location work tirelessly to create a small tablet which they’ve formulated to be a 12-hour extended-release pain medication. The sufferer, who has been...