It rained for days. Not the drizzly, misty rain we’re known for in the Pacific Northwest, but fat, cold, splashy drops that fell and fell and fell. We could hear them, hammering the roof. We could see them, coursing down the windows. We watched the backyard spring puddles like leaks in places there had never […]
Deux ex Machina
I can feel my eyes beginning to roll before they actually do. The story, so engrossing mere moments ago, has just overreached what even my imagination deems realistic. I’m too close to the end now to simply give up, but I do so with a skeptical eyebrow raised. Deux ex machina, or “God from the […]
The Warren & The World Vol 9, Issue 48
We’re at the turning of the year. I remember learning in high school that January is named after the god Janus, who has one face looking to the past and one looking to the future. May these days of reflection and preparation be joy-filled for you. Around the Web Honey for a Child’s Heart, 50th […]
Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm | Alice and Martin Provensen
That first week of September, I dropped all four of my children off at school and drove home in an empty minivan. Ordinarily, an empty minivan is a treat: a chance to put on a podcast or some music I want to listen to, or to stop for coffee and not share with anyone. But […]
Tiny Tim’s Story Is Our Story
I read A Christmas Carol every year. I come by it naturally. Grandpa read A Christmas Carol aloud, in that grandfatherly voice just made for telling stories, a stave each night during one of our holiday visits to Virginia. He and Grandma owned a dozen or more movie versions of Scrooge’s tale. I vividly recall […]