“So the first thing that happens in a conflict is that we choose a side, because that’s easier than trying to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time.  The second thing that happens is that we seek out facts that confirm what we want to believe-comforting facts, one that permit life to go on…Continue Reading Beartown

“And that was when she saw it. Had it always been there? That lamp glowing from within. How had it survived all these previous months? How had it held on? No matter, it was greater than her body, it was greater than all else. She laughed, for perhaps the first time since the night in the weaving hut, to…Continue Reading Girls Burn Brighter