This page includes past "Heart of the Matter" editorials and other work by Trudy W. Schuett, publisher of the DesertLight Journal .

The Origins of the Deadbeat Dad

Untitled Short Story

The Internet Grows Up

What Have They Done With Mother's Day?

Creativity--now a "chick thing" ?

Heart of the Matter--June 24, 2001

Myths of Domestic Violence

"Stories" -- text of the presentation in St. Paul MN  June, 2002

The DesertLight Journal

Trudy's Vault

" A marriage is made up of a million insignificant kindnesses. When you put them all together they mean everything."   -- Trudy W. Schuett