My friend Keith Bennett, who is also the webmaster-extraordinaire for our Write Me Something Beautiful website, sent me a link to a Ted Talk by philosopher-writer, Anne Lamott.   I was not familiar with her work.  I like her!   A few days before she turned 61, Anne decided to write down everything she knew for sure […]

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, fellow Tribe member and contributor to WMSB, Patti Johnson, sent me this YouTube Video of an incredibly beautiful poem by Jennifer Hall.   A POEM FROM HEAVEN Her words-every single one-resonated deeply and affirmatively with me.  Her poem captures much of what we’ve learned and experienced in the eleven […]

One of my fraternity brothers-in-loss sent me this article from the May 2017 issue of Guideposts’ Mysterious Ways magazine.  I recently read it on a plane to Montana with Hilary, our daughter and her family.  I commend it to you. Thank you, Bill. [click on the link below] WHY GOD ME?  The Meaning of Suffering, […]

I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the waterand birds learn from the sky. If you want to learn about the sea, it helps to be at sea.If you want to learn about compassion,it helps to be in love. If you want to learn about healing,it helps to […]

I selected this photo from 1943 as the featured image for the story of my father’s early years. https://www.writemesomethingbeautiful.com/2009/10/05/grover-cleveland-gauntt-jr-part-1/ It’s one of my favorite photos of my dad.  It was taken at Camp Roberts in Central California. The 145th Infantry Regiment was engaged in intensive training in preparation for fighting the Japanese in the South Pacific. […]

Port Chicago The late evening of July 17, 1944 was clear and warm.   The merchant ships SS E. A. Bryan and SS Quinault Victory were docked at the 1,200-foot wooden pier at Port Chicago, about 30 miles north of Oakland, California.  They were being loaded with munitions desperately needed by the soldiers, pilots and sailors […]