I get a copy of the Christopher News Notes once a month and came across an old one I hadn’t read. The name of it was Your Own Good.  The word Christopher means Christ Bearer.  We all struggle, if we care about people, with loving God and loving our neighbor and loving ourselves.  The article said that it’s impossible to love others if we don’t love ourselves, … [Read more...] about Loving Ourselves

So I have to say how excited I am to have my dad writing on this blog! Except of course for that fact that I am now going to have to change the little family graphic I have on the top of this web site! I hope that in years to come we will have a nice record of our thoughts and of course my dad, who has just a few years on me, brings his own fresh perspectives.  And as much … [Read more...] about A Living History

Stephen, one thing about a bit of angst is that it builds character and gives us insights we would have never had otherwise.  I have been listening to A Beautiful Boy and wondered as I listened  if maybe his parents tried to hide the hurt from him and didn’t make him tough enough mentally. The first thing I realized is the boys father broke the rules.  He cheated on Nick’s … [Read more...] about Comments on the Book, A Beautiful Boy

I wrote 1747 words in the first day of the write a novel in a month.  The story idea came from an incident that happened about 25 yards from my second cousin’s house in Santa Cruz. The story starts this way:  Pardon the language. Chapter 1 Caesar was unsure that to do next. He’d stabbed a white boy. It wasn’t the plan, but the white boys from the mostly white high … [Read more...] about National Write a Novel in a Month

Was online with Stephen, and we finally got the pasquinifamily blog set up.  Will write more later.  … [Read more...] about Testing