An exhausted daughter sits down with her philandering father for their traditional pre-Christmas dinner. Will they survive the evening without tearing each other apart? Or will a Christmas miracle help them overcome their differences? You can hear me read the story on the Christmas Special episode of the podcast.
Decluttering. Clarifying. Connecting.
Step carefully, breathe slowly, hold yourself:
these are the minding days.
Last Friday I sat in a public space, heard a question being asked, and presented myself to answer. But I was unsatisfied with the response I gave. It wasn’t a bad answer, but it wasn’t really what I wanted to say. I knew instinctively that was the case, because I knew my thoughts hadn’t reached the surface yet.
This year's Christmas story is about a father who finds himself incapable of giving up on his missing child, even though it feels like a lost cause. You can hear my reading of the story on the Christmas Special episode of the podcast.
My wife and I celebrated 21 years of marriage this week. This poem was inspired by something my wife said to me in relation to that chunk of time.
This year's Christmas story finds an old woman in trouble. The woman remembers she was once a young girl in trouble too. Who will come to her aid, and will she want their assistance?
This year's Christmas story features a man who is desperate for a break so he can feel worthy of his wife's love. A larger-than-life blind man hijacks his night and steers him on a path towards victory. But is he all that he seems? And what does his one-eyed cat have to do with proceedings?
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