I once heard of a psychological phenomenon called “missing tile syndrome.” The idea is that if you walk...
“We think this would work better as fiction.” I’d submitted my proposal for the second non-fiction work of...
I’m sitting at the kitchen table, on the eve of Advent, laughing with friends, knowing I’ll be waking...
I didn’t even look up. We were boarded and buckled in, our phones were on airplane mode, and...
“Fear about the future becomes bravery in the present becomes joy in hindsight. Joy is knowing you can...
The waves will wash us away. I’m walking along the beach on the West coast of the United...
In Chicago, at the peak of the eclipse, you could still see about 13% of the sun. That...
We are shoveling mulch like our lives depend upon it. My three kids are loading wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow,...
The curves made me listen. I was on my first long bike ride in years, and my destination...
What is freedom? Today, in America, we celebrate Independence Day. Yet, even in the land of the free,...
