December 2022

January is a creation story. It begins with the wrinkled hands of a grandmother — perhaps your own grandmother — in the darkest hour of morning. The wise woman knows the secrets of this barren [...]

That Sinking Feeling When your world goes sideways By Lee Pace It’s a golf shot, as Ebenezer Scrooge might say apropos of the holiday season, that reeks of an undigested bit of beef, a blot of [...]

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21) We all know you’re the live wire of the zodiac. A hell of a party guest, too. But you’re so much more than a wildcard or a cheap thrill or a flaming hot [...]

Small Prayer We see this ground as if through a spaceship’s faceted metal eye. Having seen the blue round as small as a child’s ball, having solved just enough of mystery to be lost in what we [...]

December Books   NONFICTION Like a Rolling Stone, by Jann Wenner The Rolling Stone founder, co-editor and publisher offers a memoir described by Bruce Springsteen as “touchingly honest” and [...]

December is a frosted window, a singing kettle, the busying of hands. Beyond the glass, the breath of winter settles upon the still earth like a blanket of glittering lace. The garden withers. [...]

Miss Jan for Christmas By Jim Dodson As she eats her Sunday morning breakfast, Miss Jan looks across the table at me and cheerfully remarks, “You look very nice. Why are you so dressed up?” As [...]

Touch of the Orient Aberdeen’s John W. Graham House is a colorful work of art By Ashley Walshe   •   Photographs by John Gessner Christmas Styling by Hollyfield Design      In the late 1990s, [...]

The art of working with stained glass By Jenna Biter Photographs by John Gessner     An oversized sheet of white craft paper unrolls across the worktable. “So, what I do,” Sarah Cawn says, her [...]