How the light gets in
I. I drive south from Fort Wayne—Vera Bradley, Fried chicken, Huggy Bear Motel, Pilot Gas—while the radio stations fade, one by one, into sermons…
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Running into darkness
I used to rise early each day to go for a run before the rest of my family woke. If there was even one…
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Holland Pier at Night
Holland, Michigan (2016) There’s something wonderful about long exposure photography. Only a fraction of the time are you actually messing with the settings on…
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Fasting from light
Editor’s note: The following essay originally appeared in the winter 2012 issue of Geez Magazine. Planning to prepare for and celebrate Christmas brought me…
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