The Good Logger

This broken heart is made anew this broken heart is all for you Take this broken heart and make it new and make it new Take this broken...

This was originally published when The Good Logger was a wee babe. It's time for a re-post. The reflection upon which you gaze is...

See the book up high on the shelf Tippy tip toe to reach Open it up and peer inside What oh what will it teach The sheets have a feel all...

Broken again. Like glass shattered on the floor, so is my heart. Not an accident but an intentional slamming, meant to incite fear and...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#5) was my least favorite of the series. Page after page of drudgery and fear and Harry...

Ten years ago yesterday I was waiting. Every day waking up thinking, "Today might be the day!" Going to bed each night a little...

Minute by minute. Moment by moment. He leads. It's not like this is new. He led Abraham up the mountain and Moses to confront Pharaoh. He...

Fuck you. That's right, I said it. Fuck you. I'm almost 40 so I don't care what you think. Or anyone else. You've been my "friend" for 20...

"Can't we just be done?" The tears in her eyes magnify her lashes and drip down her cheeks. They beckon to respond, "yes, let's be done,...

Yes or no. Heads or tails. Up or down. Only two options. The choice of one implies the rejection of another. The not-yet making-a-choice...

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Hardcover, 416 pages Published April 21st 2020 by Viking In 2007 we hosted Easter dinner at our...

When I am cooking on the stove, it's best to have the exhaust fan on. With a gas stove, the damaging fumes are not good to sit with and...

Waking with a start, my eye searches for the light. Shining from behind the window curtain, the light allows alertness to return just as...

"Can I see it? The urn?" Imagining some ornate decoration, I barely recognize the box, an unassuming cloth-covered cube. It's...

"Bronze," he says. "That's the gift for 19 years." Considering I have no gift planned because life feels a little like a spin-out on a...

In high school I became a certified diver. Funny story, I still am a certified diver. I wouldn't honestly do that without a refresher...

Sharper than a two-edged sword, divider of sinew and flesh. Divider of true and false. Your word gives me comfort when the world creates...

By Karina Tinsley Laying in the grass Turn my head Did I see it before? Was it always there? Did I never notice? How different it all...

"I'm so much bigger than I used to be," Tree, sobbing, said to itself. "No one will be able to recognize me this summer, and my Christmas...

The Dutch House By Ann Patchett Hardcover, First Edition, Deckle Edge, 337 pages Published September 24th 2019 by Harper A good friend of...