Website Woes

Website Woes

Facebook and My Website Over the past several months, I’ve been trying to figure out why the image is not displayed when I post a link on Facebook. Usually, I just get a question mark and a gray box. I called Bluehost, and they said it was my SEO’s fault....
Exciting News

Exciting News

Golden Nib Award I’d forgotten that I’d entered, so hearing that my piece won first place was a total surprise.  Here follows the nonfiction piece itself: If the Tree Could Speak Chapter 1, Unforgivable “Frits, stop your ridiculous tinkering!” Sister...
The Lord’s Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

How many of us in the West have been invited to prayer training of various sorts? Theophostic prayer. Release of generational curses. Inner healing. Breathing techniques. Lectio divina. Contemplative prayer. The prayer of faith or “name it and claim it.” Some of these...
Als De Boom Kon Spreken

Als De Boom Kon Spreken

“Frits, stop met je belachelijke gepruts!” De schrille stem van zuster Dermout deed me opschrikken. “We hebben bijna geen brandhout meer. Ga nu. Zoek wat voordat het donker wordt.” Ik keek naar buiten. De zon stond laag aan de hemel, maar ik wist beter dan te...
Pedicure-Lovers Beware!

Pedicure-Lovers Beware!

Over the summer, I had TWO infections as a result of having a pedicure. Did I stop? No. I changed salons to a place where the chairs overlook the “sanitizing stations,” each with a UV sterilizer. The sterilizers were full of instruments carefully enclosed in sealed...