In keeping ourselves and others safe, some of us have grown tired of staying-in-place. Like any good soldier knows, it takes effort to...

Few people know about my fascination with the Civil War. I don’t talk about it. Guess I figure most are not that interested in American...

Night sky frays to early day. A kind light approaches above the mountains. This is the day my friend leaves her home to catch a plane....

I know I’m a mother, but my mind is still on what happened yesterday in Walmart. That’s right. I ventured out because I needed a...

It’s the third day of May. The purple irises I dug up from your yard are blooming their heads off, as you’d always say. The grass is...

I’ll never forget the question. I paused, looked up at the woman, and said something like this: “It helps me wrap my mind around whatever...

“You have a book beside every chair in the house,” he said. I looked at him. “Yes, that’s how I’m getting through the pandemic.” He...

But first, there was Good Friday. Jesus Christ had hung on the cross six hours, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., when He said, “Father, into...

And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways...

It’s a huge job. Tiring and joy-packed, if you have the nerve to take it on, if you are willing to live out the role. No money in this...