Snowfall
Snowfall mutes the world. It dulls the machinescape that is modern life, even in a small town. It makes familiar places foreign while softening rough edges and concealing the ugly and the industrial. Walking through …
Christmas swashbuckler
Today, I am a hero. Both the regular kind of hero, and the Christmas kind. Actually, hero might be too strong of a word. Is there a word to refer to someone who fights against …
Christmas lies
Over the past month and a half, three separate people have told me that Christmas is on Friday this year. Two of them even talked to me at length about the benefits of a Friday …
Summer activities that are better in the cold
Laments about how short summer is are a common thing at this time of year. Hitting the beginning of August means that this dreadful time of year only lasts for another month. Lucky for us, …