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A Long Road Home

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“It’s odd that after thousands of years of great spiritual example and literature we have to remind ourselves that spirituality is to be found in everyday life.” — Thomas Moore

“Rope which has been twisted and then unraveled”

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In many ways I think of my life and writing in terms of Gerard Manley Hopkins' line, as "a length of rope which has been twisted and then unraveled."

George, ti voglio bene

On the whole, our family interactions would never qualify for a Dr. Phil manual of the successful unit. Even the experts haven’t figured out the intricacies of this interplay. Yet out of this textbook case of wrong moves came two reasonably healthy sons, each carrying his own wounds from childhood in different ways.

Taking a Long Road Home

“Life must be lived forwards but can only be understood backwards.” —Søren Kierkegaard Hello friends, Freudians sometimes refer to the interactions of parents and children as the family romance, surely an ironic term given the…

An excerpt from “Taking a Long Road Home”

Here is a brief passage from my 2011 memoir "Taking a Long Road Home." Let it be an introduction to my lengthy writing career -- two novels, five books on aging and elderhood, assorted volumes on religion, ethics, and contemporary society, a…