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Again, for the sake of space, I am not just copying and posting from my work in progress, my book, but summaries from chapters. This is part I; I will complete this thought next time in part II. In cosmology, there is a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. It is where there is a large concentration…
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This is not a word-for-word excerpt but more of a summary of a chapter. Whether or not you say “damn” when you stub your toe is trivial, even silly on the surface, but it has a complex history and even philosophical implications. I grew up in the Bible Belt of Tennessee’s Appalachian landscape. A sociology…
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I’m trying to stop writing from a negative perspective. By sounding negative, I am engaging in hypocrisy, as in my real life, I am in my best years. I am profoundly thankful that my awful cancer is at bay and my life is 80% normal. But sometimes something moves me, positive or negative, that haunts…
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I loathe religion. If someone offered me a free cruise around the world, billed as a “religious cruise,” I would say no, thank you, preferring to have a root canal or a bowel resection in its stead. It isn’t because I’m not familiar with religion, but because I am. I grew up in the Bible…
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I mentioned that a couple of months ago, a new group of readers of this blog, about a thousand of them, showed up. I studied what they were reading, and they were—oddly—gravitating to my journey with multiple myeloma, especially the first three years when my life was a living hell. I am hesitant to write…
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I just published my latest episode (29) of the Healing Hut. On this episode, I am making baseboards for old wood, creating Bavarian balusters for the deck, and building the staircase for the loft. The last episode had 700-1000 views, so thank you so much for your interest. I will try to improve these as…
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Because, as I’ve said, there is an interest in my myeloma journey, I want to post another excerpt, a shorter one this time, from the book I’m working on. From: How Cancer Taught Me to Swear, Chapter Seventeen, In Search for Human Life: I’ve always had a temper, yet fortunately, tempered. I have also tried…
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I am working on two books right now. A novel, The Agony of a Woman, and a cancer memoir, How Cancer Taught Me to Swear. From what my readers are reading, there seems to be a great interest in my journey with Multiple Myeloma. So, today, I am posting an excerpt, the complete chapter twelve,…
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I was first introduced to Søren Kierkegaard by Francis Schaeffer circa. 1975. Dr. Schaeffer (Christian Theologian and Philosopher) described Kierkegaard as introducing the irrational, blind leap of faith into Christianity. He was rightly concerned about where this would lead. Me too. Francis Schaeffer would turn in his grave to see where postmodernism has taken us.…
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Because some of my readers are focusing on my journey with multiple myeloma, here is another excerpt from my book (a work in progress): How Cancer Taught Me to Swear. There was another aspect of cancer that I did not see coming, but in retrospect, it was a no-brainer. Cancer makes you a narcissist. To…
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J. Michael Jones 