Undercurrents

Rediscover your magic, crafting order from chaos

PANAMA CITY BEACH — They say that the secret to working magic is directing energy by force of will to impose order on chaos, to transform...

Colonized by words

PANAMA CITY — I have a phrase taped to the top edge of my laptop screen. The two short sentences are from dialogue spoken by an...

Christmas in the time of COVID

My daughter told me recently that I suffer from the "old man syndrome" of getting weepy at the drop of a hat. She's not wrong. (It may...

We have much to be thankful for

If you're like me this year, it might be difficult to see the silver linings, or to vocalize the things for which we're thankful. So I...

Check your depth of Life

It has been a long, strange and emotionally draining year — and many of us may be feeling like we're adrift. Loneliness and isolation...

Writing in the Year of COVID

NOTE: I just finished my autumn session of "The Art of Story," my creative writing class in Gulf Coast State College's Education Encore...

UNDERCURRENTS: Memories of Tricks and Treats

I couldn't help but reflect on the Halloween of 2018 this week, as I was adding spooky-fun events to our various calendars while the...