A Poem About Good Choices — How many times in my life have I not listened to my heart? I have let conflicting impulses derail my plans from the start Second-guessing with its unfortunate comfortable wavering If on a journey, or in a tourney, I still need a gurney, quavering Standing at the crossroads, uncertain of…

Jonathan struggles to integrate his unimaginable powers of perception — When the nurse came into my room to check my vitals at ten o’clock, she found me sitting rigidly on the end of my bed with my legs folded beneath me and there were two small streams of tears running down each of my cheeks. On my lap was a…

Agents Elijah Marks and Parker Ames on a special investigation — “Do you believe in God?” Elijah Marks asked as he slowly sipped his coffee at the Diner on University Place in downtown Boston. His partner Parker Ames sat across from him eating a piece of strawberry pie. …

Amanda Telesford has an unexpected meeting with Albert Menkovsky — “Grammar is the discipline of the converted, the promise of order, when chaos stands at the gate. In a world without discipline, it is the grammarians who are the first to be sacrificed on the altar of expedience.” Amanda Telesford noticed that his quotation was now posted on a small…

Rebecca Atkinson connects with Jonathan Margolis — Three days before Frank Glen first visited with me, Dr. …

Frank Glen reluctantly continues his investigation for his Jonathan story and meets Paula Hightower — At 3:15 in the morning, the nightmare returned to disturb again Frank Glen’s sleep. People were sitting quietly on the train, some reading, some sleeping. A young woman was walking down the aisle away from the front of the train when suddenly the train car began to shake. …

Frank Glen Struggles with beginning his investigation of Jonathan — When Frank arrived at his apartment with his bicycle it was nearly nine o’clock. He pushed the bicycle back into his apartment and took his backpack and tossed it into his sofa. …

Dr Eldin Carmichael struggles with the nature of consciousness after meeting Jonathan — As Dr Carmichael sat on the downtown subway train awaiting his stop to his apartment on 71st street, he removed his mother’s notebook to resume looking at it again. He remembered something she had said in the twenty pages of her reflections that had a particular poignancy for him at…

Jonathan’s special people begin to sprout and bear fruit in diverse places — “SANCTUARY” As Chief Executive officer and the largest shareholder of the Balatech Corporation, Alexander Symington was one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the electronics industry. He had a reputation for being highly intelligent and highly eccentric, uncompromising in both his business and personal relationships and he had a penchant for risk…