The Long Walk Between Holidays
We’ve just finished trying to live inside a Norman Rockwell painting, and we’re already staring down the festive village of a Currier and Ives Christmas. But today is just the long, utilitarian bridge that connects the two—a quiet span where the turkey is gone, the feet are sore, and "active rejoicing" feels like it would require a long nap first. If you’re feeling a bit washed out between the celebrations, come read why the greatest gladness today isn't found in the noise, but in the simple, steady grace of catching your breath.
The Cost of a Manufactured Winter
In this piece, I look at the uniquely Texan insanity of cranking the A/C down to 60 just so we can light a "cozy" fire in the fireplace . It’s a humorous admission of how hard we work to stage a perfect holiday feeling, even if it means burning logs and electricity at the same time . But beneath the absurdity lies a deeper truth: we manufacture these traditions because we are terrified that without the physical reminders, the spiritual thread will snap for the next generation .