The days between Christmas and New Years have always felt like the Never-Never land at the end of the calendar. The emotions and activity of December clears the summit on Christmas day then like a ball, rolls slowly downhill toward a new year. For me these days always settle in a corner of my heart… Continue reading Expectations for a New Year
I have a massive list of things I should be doing right now. But after dragging out the collection of Christmas books I’m itching to share highlights of this beloved stack. Books and their stories. They distract me every single time. I cleaned out all my books this fall, a job smack dab in my… Continue reading Top 10 Christmas Books
“I…go around your altar, O Lord, proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds.” Psalm 26:6-7 You know you’ve got a friend for life when you can steal from her. I have one of those forever friends but I’ll call what I did “borrowing permanently” which sounds less illegal. A few years ago… Continue reading Gratitude is a Superpower
Weird stories can occur suddenly. They sometimes sneak up uninvited and freak you out. Allow me to share just that sort of story. In the quiet New Mexico town where I grew up, there was a tiny cafe grill across the street from the junior high. It was called “The Little Store” and served burgers… Continue reading Did That Really Just Happen?
“We have become jaded, incapable of wonder and awe. This lessening of impressionability may be a sign of maturity, a necessary and healthy consequence of progress. But I tend to think it betrays a loss of equilibrium. A truly balanced person retains a capacity for wonder and the willingness to express it in the very… Continue reading Foolishness // Art and Gift
The Story Place 