by Avery White | Apr 3, 2017 | Training
While I’ve discovered a lot through exploring the value of our own calling (link here), I’ve been in a constant struggle against what I call ‘Creative Anxiety.’ To me, this is the tension of “I should be creating, but I’m not for...
by Avery White | Mar 31, 2017 | Stories
“Haley…” Eli began, but stopped short when his confidence ran out. “So she said ‘you’re under arrest for fraud’ before cuffing you, and bringing you in?” Eli thought back to the moments in the mall. The police officers had tried, but Haley stopped them...
by Avery White | Mar 29, 2017 | Challenges
In a recent office discussion, the topic of casinos came up. Before long stories were flying all over the place of people who have either won or lost a fortune. This got me thinking. Most people hear about casinos before they ever step foot in them, and most people...
by Avery White | Mar 27, 2017 | Challenges
What gives me the right to be sad at a funeral for someone I don’t know? She asked. Compassion, I said. Looking back I can see compassion as the heartfelt feeling of one person for another. It is a soul shouldering a burden. It is an arm around a back. It is an...
by Avery White | Mar 24, 2017 | Stories
Eli heard shuffling from a large individual sitting next to him, the metallic thud of Haley’s boots on the floor, and the rustle of several bodies shifting to leave. Though he could hear the door open, he saw nothing. He felt someone shoving him from behind...
by Avery White | Mar 22, 2017 | Challenges
Dribble, dribble, shoot swish, go and let that ball drop I’ll be hearin kicks, snares – goin hard, I won’t stop Concrete, court, and squeak this Triple threat and Tweet this I’ve no use for foul language, don’t need that to be offensive Worlds got plenty need...
by Avery White | Mar 20, 2017 | Stories
“Wait…what!?” Eli raised his hands defensively. “I’m sorry Eli. I’m not who you think I am,” she offered, holding up her badge. “Oh? Really!?A…a liar? Cruel? A fraud? Not someone I can trust? And I guess we should probably break up with you...
by Avery White | Mar 13, 2017 | Challenges
Beyond the old mountain and longest river, across the black divide and endless marsh, And through the winding labyrinth of Demon’s Cave…there is a city. I was 12. My grandfather beckoned that I go. His hard eyes beating down what I remembered. All the talk...
by Avery White | Mar 10, 2017 | Stories
Eli backed away from the counter, his eyes still fixed on the registry. “Can I help you?” The gray bun asked again, clearly annoyed. “Huh…wha…oh. No. No. I uh, thought my wife left her keys here, but…actually, can I see that registry!?”...
by Avery White | Mar 8, 2017 | Challenges
Your size depends on me. The stomach and tongue can conspire all day, but they aren’t tied to your thighs, like me. You may have had friends though the thick, and the thin, but no one’s behind you like me. Literally. When you were seven, I was your...
