“Dying Daylight” is a twelve minute short film made by Alex Dienner. I watched it for the first time yesterday, and then watched it again, and then watched closer. It’s evocative, profound in its subtlety, and tightly composed with tasteful editing and beautiful cinematography. Here, I’ll explore some themes and my interpretations of the film.Continue reading “Dying Daylight”
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Good Trump, Bad Trump
This article explores the logic beginning to guide Trump’s base away from him, a story of Old Trump and New Trump. It also recounts a personal experience of using face-saving logic to explain why I admired a smooth talking hack. My Own Face-Saving Story Around 2018, I became enamored with Jordan Peterson. He was aContinue reading “Good Trump, Bad Trump”
On Being Lost
This article was printed on paper and sent via snail mail to our mail-club subscribers in March. If you want to get fun mail with stories and other great stuff in your mailbox each month, click the red button! I have a terrible sense of direction. At 14, I was on a rabbit hunt. RabbitContinue reading “On Being Lost”
Culture and Tradition
Introduction This essay looks at two figures from the 1940s, Strom Thurmond and Julius Waring. It examines both the culture and tradition of the south from this era and the stance of these two figures within it. Further, this essay will consider how white supremacist tactics have operated and evolved. Finally, it will argue aContinue reading “Culture and Tradition”
Split the Skies
The following short essay is from the January edition of our monthly publication The Savannah Post. Subscribers to The Savannah Post received it in an envelope in their physical mailbox at the end of January. Also included were: a piece of artwork by an artist friend, a recipe we love, as well as a responseContinue reading “Split the Skies”
The Savannah Post, Our Snail Mail Club
As of January 30th, 2026 our little family has moved to Savannah, Georgia (more on that below)! One of the downsides of moving to a new city is the loss of connection with those you leave behind. So we are starting something called The Savannah Post. It is a monthly piece of mail which willContinue reading “The Savannah Post, Our Snail Mail Club”
Am I the Conservative Here?
This piece touches on current, politically charged events. Many of my readers may disagree with me – that is fine. My purpose here is not mainly to convince. Rather, I enjoy writing, and I think it is of great importance to bear witness in real time the best we know how. So reader, now orContinue reading “Am I the Conservative Here?”
We Go East
This is a post about the change in our lives. Where we’ve been, are, and going. Phoenix, Westminster, Savannah. “Infinite Things” is the title of the collection of new songs I’m releasing in a few weeks. I look forward to sharing them. *at the bottom of this post you can listen to one of theContinue reading “We Go East”
Faith as Re-Enactment
This piece will briefly overview the concept of re-enactments and then discuss how a concept of God could be understood in light of this phenomenon. It is often perplexing to watch those around us place themselves repeatedly back into the same circumstances which have wounded them. And when we have the insight, so watch ourselvesContinue reading “Faith as Re-Enactment”
The Right Things
I’m not sure where I got the idea that therapy was magical. I had never really seen a therapist before. If I had, I’d probably have given up that idea. As I went to school to become a therapist, the shine of that notion sort of began to wear off. But probably nothing wears itContinue reading “The Right Things”
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