Keeping Up with the Icicles by R.W. Clinger It happens again, just like every year. The holidays are here! And snow. And angels singing. And presents that cost too much money. And mistletoe. And homemade cookies and pies. And too much drinking. And traveling. And families like the Icicles, in this case. Let’s have you meet them: Jonah Icicle: his Cape Cod sits next to the History Center in downtown Pittsburgh. At thirty-eight he flies all over the country and creates slice-of-life articles for an e-magazine called American Lives. Lately, he’s been to a cactus farm in Las Vegas, a medical pot facility in Denver, and a coffee factory in Seattle. He’s afraid of heights but loves strawberry Pop-Tarts. He despises pickles but loves the color green. Lifetime movies are his favorite. And he get

