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what can I donow that the grief has grown and shrunk a million times (from massive to miniscule and back again)now that hundreds of thousands of people no longer breathe (and hundreds of thousands more find it nearly impossible)now that my body aches every minute of every day (some more ... Read More about So

Even before our ship started to lean,you had found another vessel or twoto swim for just in case we went down.In retrospect I think they ran us aground,whether or not that was their intention,and you had a lifeboat ready and waitingto join another crew sailing into the sunsetthe second we began ... Read More about Generosity

It is unconscionable to me that I could ever pass wildlife while I am in a vehicle and not greet them as though I am opening the door at a party and, while surprised that they came, I am so very extraordinarily happy to see them, so road trips with me are like existing in a picture book that helps ... Read More about Hello Cows

Dear stranger on the train, More than two decades agoyou handed me a portraitof me that you drew in pencilon our commute. I thanked you,more with surprisethan true gratitude,as you exitedthree stops before me. Now it's beenfour states,ten homes,one graduation,one marriage,one child,one ... Read More about A Letter from Isolation

I bruised my shin a week agogetting into the car, thoughI still have no idea how.It isn't the regular kind —all greens and purples,tender to the touch —but the deep resultof microfractures fromunexpected trauma,and the doctor says it willhurt the same amount as ifI had broken my leg. I've only ... Read More about Journal of Mundane Behavior