A woman hears a sound downstairs at two in the morning. She sits up and listens. Another sound follows, quieter this time. She reaches for her phone, but before her hand touches it, the bedroom door moves. Nothing has happened yet. No intruder has appeared. No ghost has floated through the wall. No one has explained the sound downstairs or the door's movement. Yet the reader wants to know what happens next. That desire illustrates one of the more interesting uses of show vers

A new year arrives with an almost irresistible invitation to look forward. Fresh calendars appear, we jot down our resolutions, plan projects, and imagine better versions of our routines. January encourages us to ask what we want to accomplish, change, begin, or become. Possibilities stretch across twelve untouched months. Looking ahead matters, but moving too quickly toward what comes next can cause us to overlook something equally valuable: the year we just completed. Befor

Every New Year brings new beginnings and now is the time to make those count.

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