This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #18 Playing With Paradox One of my parents was a creature of gigantic gentleness, like a blue whale, the other… Continue reading Excerpt from Chapter #18 Playing With Paradox

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #17 Life’s Kindling Point One bolt of lightning can burn an entire forest down. Its destructive capacity can also paradoxically… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #17 Life’s Kindling Point

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #16 Forgiveness Is The Best Revenge My childhood ended the evening the baby-faced monster came through the door. I became… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Chapter 16 Forgiveness Is The Best Revenge

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. This is an excerpt from Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #15 Bridge To The Other Side I walked whenever despair came over me. While walking,… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: I Stood On The Bridge Ready To Jump

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness excerpt from Chapter #14 When The Goddess Looked Away Everything is normal. My father is passed out drunk, my mother is… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Carrying The Weight Of The World

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #13 Crazy Carrot Something about their identical suits approaching my front door was disturbing. Even from my fourteen-year-old inexperienced perspective,… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: The System Thinks I’m Crazy, The Psychiatrist Thinks I’m Psychic

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #12 Why Pygmies Can’t Go To Heaven On one very unusual day, I became curious where the kids in the… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Kindness Is Worth Worshipping

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #11 Foot In The fire Solitary moments in serene nature are the most vivid memories of my childhood. I remember… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: My Father Almost Killed Us All That Night

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #10 Speaking Rock’s Unspoken Secret On the drive up the dirt road to the Canyon de Chelly overlook, my father… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: I Heard Something Different From My Father’s Scary Story

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BOOK LAUNCH VIDEO This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence Rising Above Darkness Chapter #9 Saints And Snowflakes In Salina When we left San Diego for… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: The Miracle Of Snowflakes Moved Me