Dave Williams is a Sacramento native and recently retired news and talk radio personality. He lives and writes in Dallas with his wife, the lovely and feisty CarolAnn Conley Williams, and two yappy little Yorkies.
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Essay: Across Faiths and Cultures, the Heart of the Holidays Stays the Same
For the Last Word essay column, a radio personality turned writer reflects on holiday spirit
Surveys show record numbers of Americans saying the country is off track, and the future feels bleak. And yet, beneath it, the impulse to kindness keeps flickering.
The Heart of a Campfire
Remembering generations of sleeping under the stars in California
Like my father before me, I taught my son to build a campfire the
old-fashioned way: with balled-up paper under kindling, under
twigs, under larger sticks, all fastidiously layered beneath
three logs wigwammed in the center. It was a thing of beauty. We
stood back in proud appreciation of our handiwork before striking
a match in a solemn generational ceremony.