writings
-short stories
Feast
The waiters had been told to pretend she wasn't there (only a glass of water with a straw at her place). He didn't eat either, her John: lovely kindness. Later he would, gobbling bread and meat when she couldn't see, but not to fool her: thoughtfulness, another way to show they still lived the same life. The others—John's sister and Arthur, Michael's parents, the Dunns—spooned up the reddish chilled fruit soup. (Strawberry or raspberry had Ruth decided finally?) Then salad, poking at the jumbles of small damp leaves, lifting their loaded forks.
-plays
Length of Stay
-hymn lyrics
This first hymn is #7 in the Unitarian Universalist hymnal, Sing the Living Tradition.
-to the tune of Sine Nomine, #132 in Sing the Living Tradition, by Ralph Vaughn Williams
A Leaf Unfurling (All Life Is One)
The leaf unfurling in the April air,
The newborn child, the loving parent's care,
These constant, common miracles we share:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
All life is one, a single branching tree,
All pain a part of human misery,
All happiness a gift to you and me:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The self-same bells for joy and sorrow ring.
No one can know what the next hour will bring.
We cry, we laugh, we mourn, and still we sing:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
We Embark on a Journey
-to the tune of Foundation, #69 in Sing the Living Tradition, by William Caldwell
The Mystery of What Has Been
-to the tune of Gift of Love, #34 in Sing the Living Tradition, a traditional English melody