Mountainous Goals

Year-end reflection and evaluation is a good thing, although a bit disconcerting in some ways. While reviewing the nascent scribblings of my new book "Emergence," I came to an important conclusion, reiterating the words of Guy Johnson: "It is my desire to be a great writer. I know that I still have a mountain to climb to achieve that."

Time to abandon the distractions, put on the old hiking boots, and start climbing!

The Most Excellent Search

As writers, as readers –– Heck! As human beings! –– we're on a life-long search for ideas, for direction, for purpose. LBJ tells us what the most noble search is: