Everything is Beautiful

When winter comes to Texas

Carl L Lane
The Creative Cafe
Published in
8 min readOct 27, 2021

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Image by Albrecht Fietz from Pixabay

He had gone into the garage and cried when the power went out the night before. Jason had hidden his tears, having no right to shed them. But something within him had been broken when the power went out as the winter storm blew into Houston like a slap to the face, after a year had passed since he’d been laid off from his sommelier job due to the Covid-19 pandemic. His little…

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Carl L Lane
The Creative Cafe

English degree, published author of fiction and nonfiction, certified sommelier, fitness enthusiast, and someone who cares deeply about the world we live in.