Tag: spirituality

“Game of Chess”: An excerpt from “Warrior King” by James W. Williams. All rights reserved.

I should have learned to play chess, replacing my need for combat and strategic affairs for sport with little life-less objects that would invariably crush my ego in defeat with no human blood letting in the theater of battle. And if by chance I was victorious in this game of life – I’d dream of…

April 23, 2025
Directions: Relationships, Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

April 21, 2025
Directions: Destiny. Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

April 5, 2025
Directions: Relationships, Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

“It seemed the more I knew about people the more I knew about the strange magic hidden in their hearts.” Rudolfo Anaya “Bless Me, Ultima”

March 22, 2025
Directions: Past and present. Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

“Ay, every generation, every man is a part of his past. He cannot escape it, but he may reform the old materials, make something new.” Rudolfo Anaya “Bless Me, Ultima”

March 12, 2025
Directions: Spirituality. Unity. Belonging. Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

“I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things.” Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

March 9, 2025
A Lesson of a Desert

There is a church on the outskirts of the desert. I went there once, led by the unknown. I passed a checkpoint and entered the gates. I walked to a fountain in a courtyard, washed my hands, and touched my forehead and my lips with water drawn with a rusted mug. I left my shoes…

March 7, 2025