Christmas is… a time capsule. A puzzle box. Buried treasure. Tradition. Comfort and joy. Orange pomander balls and stockings. Christmas trees and puddings. The season bursting with tantalizing historical questions. Questions about how we celebrate the birth of Christ and the underlying whys, and what they say about us. The ordinary points to the extraordinary. […]
During this year of turmoil and uncertainty and isolation, it’s no wonder that the classic television show M*A*S*H has remained a safe haven. It’s probably been circulating on my watch list for over two years now, since I discovered it on Hulu. It is a habit that I’ve never been able to shake, and I’m […]
Until a few weeks ago, my writing life looked like this: I could feel the end coming. I could see it in those tiny numbers: 57, 87, 102 words cut. Weeks earlier it had been in the hundreds; if I was especially diligent, a thousand. When you’re trying to condense a novel down by several […]
