On Making Time When We Need It (Fast Time Versus Slow Time)

Remember the last time you worked on something you didn’t want to work on or studied something you didn’t enjoy studying? Or when you were at the doctor, waiting in a long queue for your turn? Didn’t time just drag on? Didn’t time seem to congeal around you, to hold you suspended like an insect … Continue reading On Making Time When We Need It (Fast Time Versus Slow Time)

A New Year (Less Strange Perhaps)

new year fireworks painting

It was a strange year, wasn't it? Many things may have happened to you--a few too many. Or maybe nothing happened to you--you've postponed your plans, canceled your trips, put your dreams on hold. Maybe your life has really come to a halt this way. Still, was it a bad year if you're here reading … Continue reading A New Year (Less Strange Perhaps)

I Guess I Still Believe in Santa. Do You?

When we were young, it was easy to believe in Santa. Now that we’ve grown up, it’s easy not to believe in Santa. He’s going to take off his costume when he goes home. And pull off his fake beard. And maybe he’ll pass by us on the street before the New Year comes to … Continue reading I Guess I Still Believe in Santa. Do You?