by Avery White | Oct 28, 2015 | Stories
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The Living Landscape of InsecurityThe Parable of the Ice Dragon Remarks on April 2, 1845 My name is Phillip Hailey, and I have been a sailor my entire life. While there are a great many stories that I could tell from my life at...
by Avery White | Oct 12, 2015 | Stories
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series The Living Landscape of InsecurityIn the first installment to this series, we talked about how insecurity colors what we say. Click here if you missed it! Today, we’re going to talk about what I think is a far worse...
by Avery White | Oct 3, 2015 | Stories
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series The Living Landscape of InsecurityYou are sitting on the back porch of a cottage. A lush hill rolls away and up into the Colorado Rockies. The vanilla Ponderosa scent wafts in with the momentum of the treeline and swirls with...
by Avery White | Sep 24, 2015 | Stories
Nope. Not going to be a serious post. And as an act of good-will to prove it, I offer you this kitten: Although I thought about it. The title lends itself to a smorgasbord of topics: human trafficking, missionaries that work for twenty years or more without a single...
by Avery White | Sep 20, 2015 | Stories
To be first… Are we not pushed? To see. To get. To conquer. Given life. Get to elementary. Purchase a toy. Get to junior high. Purchase a toy. Get to high school. Purchase friends. Go to college. Purchase a toy. Get a date. Purchase a ring. Get married. Get a...
by Avery White | May 31, 2015 | Stories
The scariest chambers on the planet are the four beating within the chest. Life flows through them sliding past the catacombs of memories sealed in scar tissue. Our blood dries within our veins slowly driving us toward origin dust. The arterial plaque of darkened...
