January 2018

  • Death on the Nile

    I love rainy nights. Nights when the wind is up, when I can listen to the…

  • Silver Crown

    The night wind stirs the curtains. I can hear the sounds of revelry below, the guards…

  • Jane Eyre

    My favorite part of reading is coming across a character who lives and breathes, one who…

  • Orchard

    We wait until Mother’s car is out of sight around the bend before we slip out…

  • Make Your Bed

    On May 17th, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven gave a Commencement speech to the graduating class…

  • Skylight

    When I wake, there’s snow on the skylight. The air is cold. I push off my…

  • Shadow Spinner

    When I was twelve, I had so much more time for reading than I do now.…

  • Sanitarium

    The nurse leaves the window open when she goes out. For fresh air, she tells me,…

  • Wind in the Willows

    I live in Colorado. And it is January. January in Colorado means temperatures that drop below…

  • Frost

    The fireplace is empty. Frost is creeping up the glass of the windows. It’s dark now,…