Away From the Manger
Those on the Mexican side of the border sing the request while those on the U.S. side respond with rejection, a miniature drama of national proceedings.
Field Notes on Hunting
It is remarkably easy to forget the fullness of story in each chicken breast.
Vampire Slayer, Test Taker
Even when there’s a murderer in the doorway, teenage problems are still problems.
To the Future, with Love
If our imagination is wild enough and our compassion strong enough to invent radioactive kittens that will protect future generations, what other innovations might we create?
On Success
The dedication of one’s entire life to a community left their memory in a dusty room, largely visited by bored students on field trips and the occasional curious passersby.
Hallmark Christmas Movies Are Getting Me Through 2020
In Hallmark, my worst fears never wrote the ending.
Straw Into Gold
Was this an encounter with some forest guardian, a mountain sprite who hikes miles through the misty mountains and sips water at hidden springs?
Poison, Powersuits, and Blake Lively
If arsenic is a woman’s weapon—whether to kill others or to beautify oneself—Lively’s character embraces the poison.
Thanksgiving Prayer
For those who shout down ignorance even past the point of no return, who know we are less than two minutes from midnight and continue anyway.
Fantastical, Flammable Gas
Like everything magical, though, the airship project was riddled with realities.
