General Archives - Ellen Morris Prewitt

Train-Wreck Way of Thinking

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 6, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, GRIEF. 6 Comments on Train-Wreck Way of Thinking

I am here, this morning, in all my brokenness. I made a mistake yesterday. In the past, that would have sent me down a rabbit hole of catastrophizing. I imagine the worst, then worse, and worse yet until, in a demented version of the impact of butterfly wings, the world is hardly left standing because of my mistake. That didn’t happen yesterday....

The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 24, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, GOD. 4 Comments on The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere

Reading William Thiele’s The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere is like slipping into a cool green lake. Refreshing, rejuvenating, and thoroughly immersive. I’ve done contemplation of one sort or another throughout my life, and William’s book reminded me why. But, more importantly, it taught me that the way I do contemplation is...

Global “Ministries” Foundation

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 23, 2024. Posted in General, HOMELESSNESS. 6 Comments on Global “Ministries” Foundation

I read the headlines and immediately began researching. “New Orleans City Council Removes Tax-Exemptions for Another Neglected Apartment Complex.” Was the article about who I thought it was about? A long shot, sure. But when stink trails like a spraying skunk—”notorious,” “violent crime,” “dilapidated”—you...

President for Everyone

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 14, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, Racism to Reconciliation. 1 Comment on President for Everyone

When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, I waited for him to pivot from campaigning to being president. Take the win and move forward. I was shocked when he chose to keep doing his rallies. Now we know the rallies feed his self-definition. The adulation, the cheering at his remarks. He loves his rallies. It quickly became clear back then he had no...

That is Swimming

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 13, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE. 6 Comments on That is Swimming

First, you submerge into a different world. That’s the way I was taught. Sink. Quiet descends. The world turns cloudy, blurred. Bend your knees. Curl your legs and press your toes against the wall. Stretch your arms forward, cross your hands into a vee. Push off. You are an arrow cutting through the water. Take a breath, quick, under your...

Waiting for a Hurricane

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 10, 2024. Posted in General. 8 Comments on Waiting for a Hurricane

I cannot take Trump yelling, yelling, yelling. Angry at the questions, angry at Vice President Harris, angry at the moderators. Who told him that was a good look, angry white man? So I turned it off. You know how bad it was? I’d rather sit here undistracted, waiting for a hurricane to hit. Yep, Hurricane Francine is bearing down on us....

The Computer Chiding Me

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 9, 2024. Posted in Featured, General. 2 Comments on The Computer Chiding Me

Sometimes I have an idea to post here. Then I think about the SEO Optimization check and the Readability check and the “Have you added an excerpt? check.” I hear the computer chiding me and my pitiful post. And my desire deflates. Why not just go ahead and post and ignore all that? Because the post will have red-faced unhappy emojis...

Nearing Vicksburg

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 7, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, Racism to Reconciliation. 4 Comments on Nearing Vicksburg

I drove the narrow, wooded road until nearing Vicksburg where the green overhang opened up to cotton and soybean fields. The road into town, Clay Street, drops you right off at the Vicksburg National Park. The Civil War siege of Vicksburg, and the city’s July 4th, 1863, surrender gave Union forces control over the Mississippi River. The Park...

A Pool Redux

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 29, 2024. Posted in Featured, General. 6 Comments on A Pool Redux

I a pool redux, I got back in the pool today. I hurt my back in March (March!) which totally disrupted my swimming. You would think swimming would be good for one’s back (I did), but one time after I swam, I couldn’t walk and that scared me off. I’m a little pissed at the doctor who didn’t give me a steroid pack like I got...

Proselytizing Writing

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 17, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, Writing. 8 Comments on Proselytizing Writing

I’ve been talking incessantly about contemplative writing. Y’all know me. I tend to fall into things. Then I’ve got to share my new loves. But this time it’s not entirely my fault. People keep asking, what are you writing these days? I make some desultory remark about novels that are doing great in contests but can’t...