Recently, I was caught up in the vortex of a Writer’s Digest article. It promised a smattering of literary agents and contact info for the same. As I was perusing, I noticed each and every one of them had pronouns next to his or her name. Cute, I thought, but unnecessary. First off, the only …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Good Things Surround Us
Overwhelming is a word which makes it difficult for me to find anything it describes. For every challenge in life there’s a tool to overcome it. For every trial, there’s an equal or better blessing. People around me are the same. I don’t see anyone who is overwhelmed by their troubles. An example of this …
Slowshoeing
Have you ever seen the strangest sport ever? It operates the opposite from all other sports in its arena. While all other mountain sports enjoy a fast downhill and some sweet airtime, participants in this sport are going slow on the downhill. Slow? Not only do they go slow downhill, they go slower than they …
Sweaters
What kind of sweater are you? There are so many different kinds. There are so many different ways to SWEAT. 1. Armpit sweater: the most common type and possibly the easiest to handle (unless it’s a number 13). 2. Chest sweater: usually noticeable on guys when they exercise. 3. Forehead sweater: you know it’s going …
Remember-It-All
What if we really know everything there is to know, but we have to relearn, and remember, it all? This is an idea based on the fact that we all come from somewhere and we’re all going somewhere, though we can’t see that far. We don’t know everything, do we? Any human who assumes to …
