I’m only just now taking down my Christmas decorations (and full disclosure: the tree is still left). I’ve come to believe I have until Epiphany,

I’m not really given to resolutions. Statistically, they don’t really work, so there’s the pragmatic objection. But more than that, I object as well to

Busy. Stressed. Overwhelmed. What’s your synonym for December? For even the most mindful among us, this month is just filled with A LOT. Many good

We, too, are labor-intensive: much time and attention are needed to produce writing for a blog and a journal, for book reviews and a poetry

This autumn, I seem to have noticed the change after daylight savings time more than normal. It just seems darker most nights as I leave

In some ways, I owe my life to pie. Here’s the version my parents told us, anyway, understanding that one probably doesn’t really want the

The last time I posted here, I shared my review of Pulitzer-prizewinning journalist Eliza Griswold’s recent book, Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power,

Reading Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold’s new book, Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church (just out from Farrar, Straus

School has been starting for K-12 students round here this week, and even though my university’s classes begin after Labor Day, there’s already been the