I published a tongue-in-cheek piece about the December 25th celebration of the birthday of a great human with an enormous impact on society (Sir Isaac Newton) and was met by the exact response I expected. https://joebroadmeadowblog.com/2025/12/24/for-unto-you-is-born-a-savior/ Many were quick to…

Joe and Hope walked down the path back to the sleigh. “So why do you think he wants the star, Hope?” Hope stopped and faced Joe. “It’s not the star he wants; it’s the power it can give him. The…

Joe left the cave, heading back to where he’d last seen his grandfather and the others. Looking around, he saw no signs of them. Then he remembered what Santa said about Levi and Wyatt. Focusing his thoughts on the two…

Walking along the edge of a frozen river, Joe had time to think. This doesn’t make sense. There are always possibilities. How can something exist without possibilities? Why would someone believe possibilities are something to stop? “Because they bring a…

The first Joe realized the bonds no longer held him was when the Nowhere Man took him by the hand. “Come with me. I want to show you something.” Joe stood, looked around trying to look for an exit, then…

One moment the sleigh was slipping silently over a dark, treeless landscape, then the next it seemed they were plummeting from the sky. “Hold on, Joe!” his grandfather said. “Really?” Joe said, grasping the edge of the sleigh as tight…

Day 4: Journey The sleigh descended in a gentle spiral, giving Joe a view of a brightly lit town bustling with elves and reindeer dashing here and there. “Is that…?” “Yup, the one and only,” his grandfather said. “Cool how…

As Joe made his way along the sidewalk, his grandfather fell into step with him. “Where’d you come from?” Joe asked. “Well, Ireland originally by way of New York, a long year spent on a government all-expense paid trip to…

A misquote attributed to J. D. Salinger in the book Catcher in the Rye goes something like this. “If Christ could see Christmas, he’d puke.” But like many “quotes” attributed to famous people—to give them the weight of intellectual or…

If there was any doubt that the world is headed into oblivion, this should erase it. If there was any doubt the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were on their way, or at least saddling up their horses for the…