by Carol Jane Morrison | May 24, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File May 2018 Essay: “Life in Death Valley” LIFE IN DEATH VALLEY When I told my grandson, on the phone, that his Grandpa Ed and I would be leaving for the Southwest and Death Valley, he said, “I wouldn’t want to go to a place that had...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Apr 13, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File April 2018 Essay: “Surprise!” SURPRISE! When I was a therapist and teacher, I taught courses on how to be assertive. I can cite the particulars: Aggressiveness is a show of power. Assertiveness is a show of strength and control. Aggressiveness is...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Mar 16, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File March 2018 Essay: “Finders, Givers” FINDERS, GIVERS I didn’t know exactly what I was after when I signed up for the Search for Meaning Festival at Seattle University. Perspective, maybe, and guidance on making sense of the current chaos....
by Carol Jane Morrison | Feb 14, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File February 2018 Essay: “Forty Days” FORTY DAYS Lent is coming up, a forty day period (not counting Sundays) leading to Easter, with an invitation to “go into the desert”, confront our demons, and, hopefully, contact what lies hidden deep within us....
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jan 16, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File January 2018 Essay: “Shoot, I Reckon” SHOOT, I RECKON My eleven year old grandson, Dylan, does not like me to cuss. He’s a sensitive boy who’s been told that swearing is wrong, and he likes to do things right. I’m a potty mouth...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Dec 18, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File December 2017 Essay: “Thank You” THANK YOU I don’t remember exactly why Ed and I met with a marriage counselor thirty years ago. We were probably upsetting each other in the same ways we still can, but hadn’t yet learned to repair. I...
