Author name: Kate Hanning

Scales fall from my eyes, transforming mere concept into lived reality. What I have long seen through a glass darkly, I glimpse face to face.

I’m digging deep dark down. Mining for gold…for something to write. Somewhere a geyser of words awaits, somewhere Vesuvian vitality pulses.

Experience is always present—rendered one way or another by the consciousness of the experiencing-individual.

A visit with my friend Don leads to conversation about the word ‘futile’. Philosopher by training and temperament …

Christmas comes and I pray. May I be present for the deeply holy, twilight emergence of a manger-ed babe. May I, like Mary, hear and obey angelic commands …