11:59 PM
I burned my pizza to the stubborn consistency of a hockey puck the other night. I was so absorbed in an essay on writing (or, rather, absorbed in emerging self-exploration …
BLOG
A Benediction
This is my last post of the year. Over the next few weeks, I hope to spend the moments that are typically carved out for writing, reflecting on good endings …
Halley’s Cup
Let me tell you about this beautiful confluence of events that occurred a few weeks ago. It was my own Halley’s Comet that burst into my morning routine with shameless …
The Descent
Thanksgiving is over and many of us are done picking at the leftovers of turkey, stuffing, and gratitude. After a month of giving thanks, have you lost sight of what …
The Official Guide: How To Lose Your Cool Over the Holidays
“Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?” –Clark Griswold, National Lampoon’s Christmas …
Christmas Longing
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we …
A Gift Giving Guide By Ebenezer Scrooge
Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father. He became as good …
Art as Relationship
When art is done well, it mirrors the many facets of human connection. It whispers of relationship, beckoning beyond what is to what could be. Woodberry Kitchen creates great art. …
Facing Our Demons
Song excerpts from by Imagine Dragons When the days are cold / And the cards all fold And the saints we see / Are all made of gold When your dreams …
Shadow Words
“Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great, inaudible, feelings and purposes.” –Theodore Dreiser I could write every post …