The sun went down on the last day of the year, though we couldn’t see it. It’s a proper Northern Appalachian winter now, a mix of perpetual wet, snow and sleet and sloppy rain but rarely sun. There will be clouds above and slick muddy earth below for about two and a half months. Astronomically, the nights will get shorter bit by bit, gradually but inevitably. Meteorologically, it’ll be night until mid-March. Experientially, it will be night until the... Read more
Notes Ahead of an Election Year
I don’t want it to be an election year, but it is anyway. In case you’ve just joined me, I became a writer and somehow got big-fish-in-a-small-pond notorious in an election year. When I got this blog in 2016, I was registered to vote but I don’t think I was registered as a member of any party. I had always voted for Republican presidential candidates before, on the vague idea that they were in favor of unborn babies, and... Read more