Monthly Archives: August 2016

I spent a semester in a public school kindergarten. Back then we not only prayed before we had our snack of milk and graham crackers (“God is great, God is good, and so we bless Him for this food”) but … Continue reading →

Right now the Kindle version of my novel Nearer the Dawn is on sale for just 99¢. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Nearer-Dawn-J-Avila-ebook/dp/B00J1AVQLM As usual, all net profits go to charity. If you don’t own a Kindle, you can download Kindle … Continue reading →

BFF. Best Friends Forever. My girlfriend in high school and I were very close. Like most teenage girls we shared lunchtimes, classes, plus our hopes and dreams. Of course we also discussed boys, what kind of man we’d like to … Continue reading →

Why the willingness to believe the ludicrous? I discovered one of the reasons a few years ago during a memorable April First. It started with a family friend who is a disc jockey. For a while he was working at … Continue reading →

I attended Catholic school grades 1 through 8, and this of course meant wearing a uniform. In the lower grades it was a blue plaid jumper with a skirt. That created a problem. Our play yard had a jungle gym, … Continue reading →