Wanting to Slash Someone's Tires During Advent

And the radical transformation brought by patience and trust

You know those low-grade anxieties that rarely step out into the light? They’re sort of like the shadowy figures in old detective movies, the ones watching from just outside the halo of the streetlight. The kind of worry you rarely look directly at, but it’s still there.

I have one of those shadowy anxieties these days.

It has to do with our book shop i…