I don’t know if you have been following all the hoopla over the upcoming Super Bowl. If so, perhaps you have seen the story about 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick? Adopted out as an infant, Colin’s birth mother has come forward to say she is eager to have a face-to-face meeting with her son — when, if, he is ready. Albeit his celebrity status and her willingness to sit down with the television crews to declare her desires may make such a... Read more
I tried to find him, asked everyone I came across: Do you know the name of the doctor? The doctor who had operated on my dad in the battlefield. No one knew. The doctor had been a young man, the father of small boys, when he was drafted, and shipped off to Vietnam. They handed him an M-16 and assigned him to a medical unit. Before Vietnam he was preparing to be an OB/GYN, after Vietnam, he couldn’t do that... Read more
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from AFTER THE FLAG HAS BEEN FOLDED (Wm. Morrow). When I hear people pontificating about abortion (pro or con), I remember this girl… My brother called me on a Sunday afternoon. It was the first time we’d spoken in months. His voice was gentle but firm. “Karen, don’t do this,” he urged. “I’ve been studying up on this in my Bible study group. Abortion is murder. Have the baby, give it... Read more
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. MLK One of the great gifts of growing up in the South is knowing that there is Good and then there is Evil. Good was cleaning the house and fixing supper for Mama. Good was saying my prayers, reading my Bible, and going to church on Sundays and Wednesdays.... Read more
If it is true what they say about necessity being the mother of invention, then Kathy Patrick is the Mother of Creative Genius. When the publishing business took a nose dive and she was let go from her job as a sales rep, Kathy hiked up her petticoat and tightened up her bustier and decided to hell with the powers that be — who needed them anyway? That Kathy is Texan explains all you need to know about that Cowboy-Up... Read more
If the NRA were a religion (and let’s face it, it is the only religion many people ascribe to), they would be members of the Hellfire & Brimstone camp. The ones who are always yelling in your face, spitting all over the first two rows as they toss out dire predicament after dire predicament. They would be the ones instilling the Fear of God and unknown boogey-men within others. If the NRA were a religion, its members would be... Read more
If you need any more proof of what a conflicted people we have become, you have only to turn to Jodie Foster’s confession on national television about her struggles to lead an authentic life. As we say in the Deep South: Jodie Foster went all the way around her elbow to reach her mouth. In the end she did not specifically identify herself as Lesbian, altho she certainly alluded to it. So what? Why should Ms. Foster should feel... Read more
You ever have one of those ah-ha moments when you discover something you would never would have had somebody not asked you the right question? I had one of those moments while answering some questions posed to me about my writing. Somebody had asked me something about MOTHER OF RAIN and in answering that question, I recalled a doll that had been a favorite of mine when I was young. It was a cowgirl doll with a short pixie hair-cut.... Read more
So while I was busy wrapping up the manuscript for my upcoming novel — MOTHER OF RAIN — the National Father’s Day Council named former president Bill Clinton Father of the Year. Really? Father of the Year? The Huffington Post reports: National Father’s Day Committee chairman Dan Orwig commended the politician and philanthropist for his “profound generosity, leadership and tireless dedication to both his public office and many philanthropic organizations.” Shouldn’t they just have named Bill Clinton Giver of the Year?... Read more
Congress gave it the designation of the National House of Prayer. The funerals of three presidents have been held there: Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford. Memorial services for many other presidents and their spouses have also been held in the National House of Prayer, including Eleanor Roosevelt. The very first national memorial service for the casualties of the Vietnam War was held within the walls of the National Cathedral on Nov. 14, 1982. And now, in yet... Read more
Karen Spears Zacharias
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