Andrew Taylor-Troutman

For this Thursday’s “Little Big Moments,” here are two stories of post-election allegory and personal experience. May they provide you with a small piece of comfort and camaraderie this week. 

I went to the dentist the day before Halloween. I didn’t eat that morning so that it would be easier to clean my teeth. However, the experience itself brought to mind the ancient practice of fasting before feasting.

Berrying: a tribute to Jack Wonner After the Korean war, Jack worked as a machinist in a paper...

“I forgot the roller coaster!” Our first grader and her brother, who’s in third grade, were...

In late January 2023, I spent two weeks in St. Petersburg, Florida, attending class with writer...

Wednesday was National Walk to School Day. My neighborhood is in close proximity to four schools, so students ambulate nearly every day of the academic year. For this event, we gathered in the local park to head to school en masse.

A friend told me how he’d recently lost an ex-lover and dear friend. After the phone call, he had...

Ancient cultures regarded rain as a blessing. There were exceptions; Noah comes to mind. But when a wise rabbi noted that the rain falls on the just and unjust alike (Matt. 5:45), he suggested that perspective matters.

I was walking the dog, and a boy passed by on the other side of the street riding his bicycle. As he cruised downhill, he lifted his hands from the handlebars and began to clap in time with the chant, “Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé.”

My elderly friend used to tell this joke about an old married couple sitting on their porch. The...