Drama – Household Words:

Layers.

Childhood emotions come in single syllables: mad, sad, glad. You laugh, cry, pout, fume. Adulthood is complicated. You feel pensive, ambivalent, bittersweet. Adult emotions have more layers than a wedding cake. David understood. This poet who killed giants, this warrior who was a music therapist, this military tactician who cuddled lambs—David understood complex emotions. ForContinue reading “Layers.”

The Storyteller.

John Bisagno was a world-class orator. Mama always said he had a “flair for the dramatic.” The man could tell a story. He understood suspense and drama and the quiet moments and anticipation. He could sweep a crowd into a moment—and the payoff would be spectacular. But no one has a “flair for the dramatic”Continue reading “The Storyteller.”