I  started a project at the beginning of this year called Bible Pictures 365. I started making the pictures so I'd actually read the Bible. That was the whole design. I've got a plan that takes you through the entire thing in a year, and I know myself well enough to know that a … Continue reading He Fell Forward
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Eight O’clock
Friday I slept until after eight. I've done that maybe twice in ten years. I'm up at 5:30 every day, not because anyone makes me — I like it, it's the quietest part of the day and it belongs to me. But Friday I woke up at some point, looked at the clock, and went … Continue reading Eight O’clock
The Shelves
Everybody's seen one of those shows. A house that used to be a house — the counters go first, then the chairs, and eventually there's one worn path from the front door to the one seat somebody still sits in. Everything that was supposed to make the life easier is now standing between the person … Continue reading The Shelves
Falling More
A few weeks ago I was standing at the stove making my son's eggs. I'd already fixed my wife's breakfast and she was sitting there eating it, doing something on her phone, not paying any attention to me. I stopped cooking and just watched her. My son looked over. "Dad, what are you grinning at?" … Continue reading Falling More
The Song Came Out Wrong
I set out to write an angry song. The idea was a defiance anthem. When hard weather comes for you, you've got two options — you can be a candle the wind puts out, or you can be the thing the wind feeds until it's a firestorm nobody can stop. That was the whole concept, … Continue reading The Song Came Out Wrong



