JASON HASKINS

Once, in the hallowed grounds of this website, I wrote and published a monthly newsletter apprising loyal readers what I had been up to. Mostly, this revolved around what I'd been writing and working on, plus what I'd been watching, reading, and listening to. So, basically, the art created, the art consumed. Over time, updates disappeared. Life went on. Consider this post a rare return to a previous iteration of past life, here in the present, with an update in the world of J

"Travel far enough, you meet yourself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Take a journey with me, if you will, back to October of the year 2000. Meet the Parents starring Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller topped the box office. Creed and 3 Doors Down were rockin' the Billboard charts. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-9 in the final baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The 100th Space Shuttle mission is flown. And on television, The Gilmore Girls debuted

“I am not giving up. We will have the best Christmas dinner, slim pickings as they are. We will do Christmas our way, albeit different, less so than in the past.”

The family, comfortably apart, standing alongside one another in a line, stared at the cabin. A minute of silence passed before Sterling mumbled, “Are we going in or what?”