Into the Light
Whenever I wake up in the middle of the night, my mind goes to empty and distant places.
A Literary Hajj
The road to the Two Hearted River is not an easy one.
Ding Dong Uneasily on High
Every day since then, when I wake, the first thing I experience is that ringing.
All the Poor and Powerless
This Christmas eve, I feel responsible.
Grace and Humbugs
I never identified with Scrooge until this Christmas. It’s so easy to be Scrooge.
The Best Jackets In Movie History: A Cinematic Retrospective
Can you imagine how ridiculous a whip and fedora would look paired with elbow patches? The jacket lays the foundation of the transformation.
Adventures in Personal Finance
“Just for the sake of the simulation. I need to enter an end point. How long do you plan on living?”
Another Allegory of a Cave
I don’t know how long I do this, but I have begun making a map in my head of the curves and turns in the wall.
For it is by Grace: Three Reflections
If this is grace, it’s as lovely as it is disconcerting. It takes the very ugliest of us and says, “I can work with this. Child, I can work with you.”
Choose Your Own Misadventure
Two important facts: first, there are two doors leading into this bathroom, one from the hallway and one from my housemate’s bedroom. Second, a deadbolt on the bathroom-hallway door allows it to be locked from the inside.
