Light
The older I become, the more I am convinced that Christmas is about abundance that looks like scarcity.
The Approval Request Form: An Inquiry
Think of all the catastrophes you could solve for your favorite TV show characters by simply inserting an approval request form
Errand Friends
The beginning of friendships can feel so formal. And it should be, at least a little bit.
Thirteen Haikus That Will Answer All Your Questions About the 2022 Men’s World Cup
I was unaware
taking off your shirt in this
means a yellow card.
Duck Neighbors
I miss who murdered Mrs. McGinty. But I don’t miss my neighbor duck watching me all the way up the rest of the hill and back to my house.
Five Fantastic Games I Played This Year
Like Stardew Valley, it has you running a little farm next to a shoddy cabin in a small town—except, the main thing you’re growing on your farm is the little creatures.
Swings and Roundabouts
Vowel merges have led multiple people to mistake my tale about seeing the ferry with spotting a fairy or my ponderings about Frodo and Merry as Frodo and Mary.
Why Do We Keep Watching Hallmark Movies?
Wouldn’t it be much easier to suffer amnesia and be nursed back to health by a rugged lumberjack?
A Runner’s Testimony
It finally dawned on me that if I didn’t look like Tina Turner by now, it was probably not going to happen ever.
Variations on Messiah
But the Mystery of Love prevailed: God did not say Goodbye or Who Are You but Hey Ya; no Ghost Rule, but God crowned Jesus Lord of the Castle.
