Kellie Schorr works as a novelist who writes mystery genre novels. Her published credentials also include: journal articles, short stories, and a two-year stint writing for a web-comic. Kellie’s debut literary novel, The Space Between Breaths, will be published by Brother Mockingbird in early 2025. Practicing in the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Kellie is a personal student of Dr. Pema Khandro Rinpoche and member of the Vajra Sangha of the Buddhist Studies Institute. She lives and works in rural Virginia with her partner, Cathy, and their beagles. Her favorite word is chiaroscuro. You can contact or find more about her at Kellieschorr.com
A Friend You Never Had: A Review of N33D: Poems of Human-Being by J. L. Pendall {Book Review}
By Kellie Schorr Everywhere. Everywhere we go screens are blaring at us with bright, horrible, bountiful noise. Bad news. Good news. Promises of hope. Portents of doom. The more stressed we become, the louder our surroundings scream at us until we, too, are...
Love Means Never Using ChatGPT to Say You’re Sorry
I read recently that one of the top five personal uses of ChatGPT is to write apology letters. This fact was supported by the proliferation of AI apps designed to create perfect apologies. Honestly, my first thought was, “If you need to apologize so often that you download an app to do it for you—well—what kind of monster are you?”
Man or Bear? What would the Buddha Choose?
Because it’s not about bears.
Jesus Washed Feet: What A Superbowl Ad Can Really Teach Us
By Kellie Schorr I don’t have many boy crushes but Arnold Schwarzenegger in the winter of his life is one of them. So it was no surprise when my “Top Commercial of the Superbowl” vote went to State Farm’s Like a Good Neighbaaa. One that didn’t make my list was...
Secret Agent Swift? The Suffering Of Conspiracy Theorists
As Sports Illustrated pointed out from a data perspective—in the AFC Championship game, a broadcast that lasted three hours and nine minutes, Taylor Swift was shown seven times, for a total of—44 seconds. That’s hardly “domination.”
Why are Spiritual Communities so Mean?
In a world where war, chaos and fear swirl around on the daily, it’s natural for people to look for respite in groups that are uplifting, hopeful and full of light and spirit. When those groups fail to live up to their stated goals, it can be disheartening and even harmful.
Bud Light, Barbie, and Bathrooms: Harvesting Compassion out of Rage
By Kellie Schorr “You have to understand these were tumultuous times.” Watching a documentary about the national hysteria following the Manson murders, that was the explanation given. It was the time of Vietnam, social unrest between the establishment and the...
The Rainbow Connection: Pride (and Prejudice) On the Path
By Kellie Schorr On a Saturday in June 2005, the sun had no mercy. Neither did the police. Neither did the Baptists. Although sunrise was a pleasant 73 degrees, by 10:00 AM when the parade was supposed to start it was 90 degrees. I stood there on the boiling...
The Dark Sacred Night: Finding Meaning in the Monsters of Halloween
By Kellie Schorr “I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world” As a child, Halloween meant two things to me: Costumes and Candy. I was ambivalent about costumes. I was...
Forever Autumn: How We Live is How We Die by Pema Chodron {Book Review}
By Kellie Schorr ‘When the appearances of this life dissolve, May I, with ease and great happiness, Let go of all attachments to this life As a son or daughter returning home.” Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche as quoted by Pema Chodron How We Live is How We Die....
The False Grail: Indiana Jones and the Lost Simplicity
By Kellie Schorr I was 15 years old the summer I met Indiana Jones---the most rugged, confident, daring and whip-skilled archeology professor in all the world. To young me, “Raiders of the Ark” was a revelation. The movie gave me an appreciation for action...
The Howl of Wolves: Empathetic Dharma in “The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion” by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo {Review}
By Kellie Schorr “When I was living up in the mountains in Lahaul, there was a pack of wolves that looked like large German shepherds with yellow eyes…At night they would gather above my cave and howl. It is very beautiful, the howl of wolves.” The Heroic...
Stand-up, Slaps, and Suffering: What’s Wrong Got to Do with It?
By Kellie Schorr As a teen in the early 80’s in El Paso, I loved to go to restaurant named Springfire that was a favorite of college kids and high schoolers with permissive parents. It featured great barbeque, a well-stocked bar, and offered stand-up comedy...
Bodhi has Five Letters: What Your Wordle Score Doesn’t Tell Us
By Kellie Schorr *Author’s Note: This article is not about any particular person or the habit of posting your wordle score. There is no judgement of people who play/people who don’t/people who post scores. Get all...
Slow is a Speed: Three Great Places to Take Off Your Red Shoes
By Kellie Schorr When I was a child, legends, parables, conventional wisdom, old wives’ tales---whatever you want to call them---had nothing on the...