I should just come out and say this: I have a book project. Here’s an excerpt, titled Hooded and published on Atticus Review. Thank you for reading! (Ps. If you have feedback, send it…
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An Introvert’s Step-by-Step Guide to Her 40th Birthday Party
An Introvert’s Step-by-Step Guide to Her 40-th Birthday Party Step 1: Get it Straight. By birthday party, an introvert means being alone. That is the only way she authentically parties. By introvert, a girl could…
a shimmering sand canvas
Sister wives, Yep, I’m going to steal that apt title right hear and now. As what we have in common seems, pound for pound, more than a man, and at least as strong as a…
touching peace upon
Where does one feel sadness? It’s not in the head. Not the heart really either. For me it sits at the bottom of my ribcage, quivering, where if it decided to make a run for…
tackle & tangle
“No more satisfying work than work with no purpose.” – Rumi To build a sandcastle right in the face of an oncoming tide. To climb a tree that I must eventually come down. To write…
the last turtle
14.1, 3.1, 2.1 15.2, 3.4, 2.3 12.5, 2.7, 2.0 “Oh my gosh, this one’s so little!” I put the slide rule down and, with two careful fingers, lift the little creature up. His width, as…
safe passage continued
(I’ve got thoughts to compose and post, but we’re fast on the move as the semester comes to close. The following comes from a newsletter update that Hanley, the director of Camino Seguro, asked me…
art of alchemy
3 times stranded without cover in sudden rainstorms. 3 expeditions sent to “get help” to pull our minivan out of the mud. 20+ group efforts to push or pull our car out of muck-ruts. 6…
a day in the life
Sometime in the last few months I picked up a new personal meal-prompted ritual. And it only slightly (and admittedly irrationally) bothers me that onlookers might presume I’m Christian (which I, although a fan of…