Kin(g)
I’m afraid this poem needs some explanation. In the inspiring uprisings against autocrats, kings, and despots in the Arab world we have seen the renewal of the modern revolutionary effort to replace monarchical rule with popular constitutional government. (See my earlier ethics blog “The Father and the People” of February 7.) Traditional kingship, we often [...]
Stepping
Taking on the role of being a stepparent, as we have, or all the other step-relations that happen to us, is a long, slow journey, each one different, each one filled with its own unique challenges and surprises. After thirty years, we see both, along with unexpected joys. So this poem emerges in retrospection and [...]
Woodchurch
A few years ago I attended the monthly meetings of the Carolina Mountain Woodturners Association in order to get oriented to the craft of turning. When I would leave of a Saturday morning Sylvia would say “Have a good time at woodchurch.” The term continues in our conversations, yielding this sprightly piece. Enjoy. [Audio clip: [...]
Finns at Folkmoot
Waynesville’s signature event is FolkmootUSA, a gathering of folk dancing groups from around the world to celebrate traditional dance and music as a way of promoting mutual understanding and appreciation for both the diversity and unity of our humanity. This is its twenty-eighth year. The product of year-round planning by a small staff and six [...]
« go back — keep looking »William J. Everett
In my teaching career I authored eight books and numerous articles in social ethics and religion. After over thirty years of academic work — in Germany, India, and South Africa as well as in the United States — I wanted to turn my hand to a poetically written novel to probe the issues of ecological and human reconciliation.
When I am not writing, I create furniture for worship settings. For more about my work, go to www.WisdomsTable.net, where you will also find galleries of artwork by my wife Sylvia, whose ancestors were the original inspiration for Red Clay, Blood River. READ MORE...
Red Clay Blood River
Red Clay, Blood River is a story told by Earth about two brothers from Germany and an enslaved South African woman whose lives bind together America’s “Trail of Tears” and South Africa’s simultaneous “Great Trek” of 1838.