[+]Aaroneous Monk[+]

A Short Story , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Another call weekend had crept up on this Midwest psychiatrist much too close o...

This past year has been an interesting one for us in regards to Anya (not) taking Communion at church. She has had an abiding fear or, a...

My Guardian Angel , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Tonight my son and I went through our typical bedtime routine of brushing t...

Untitled , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Mowing my yard on a hot June afternoon listening to Neil Young. Belting out my b...

We escaped the city, rickety split, in a beat up hoopty-of-a-car trundling across the Golden Gate Bridge, winding through the hills...

What MaryAnn Sees , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. ___________ What does Rose Mary see when she is looking up with eyes clos...

Great & Holy Friday , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. An ancient liturgical hymn sung at the Matins service of Great & ...

Nighttime Conversations , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. ___________________ murmuring wind airs things we cannot or will...

The figure drags deep on a Marlboro Red and sends a cloud of smoke out into the light from within the shadow where he stands.  A bright dusk...

*** His earthly remains, sanctified in life by the indwelling  of the life-giving Spirit, lie in a church onion-domed blue and go...

Plato's Cave , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. my shadow projected on a wall behind me the glow of a gladsome light ...

Last night I read Elias a snippet from my short story "Hospitacalypse" at his request. He listened intently, but after I was fi...

It was Friday afternoon at the end of a long work week and I was finishing up at the hospital documenting my last encounter of the day.  ...

Proposed Church Building Project , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. I've decided on a new strategy for writing. Instead of ...

On a typical day when Elias is unable to play outside due to inclement weather or being sick he will spend an inordinate amount of time on o...