Writing Archives

Yesterday I replanted a pansy in a public garden.It had been dug out intentionally, I think,though I can't imagine why.The plant was just sitting in the middleof the sidewalk next to the flowerbed,an empty hole where it had been.So I stopped and put it back,patting the soil and mulch around it ... Read More about Precipitation

Sometimes I wonder why I’m here,Or if my beating heart’s too small;Awaking daily draped in fear,My inner voice begins to callTo find out more, to seek for cheer,When sorrow all around me falls. On care-full things my soul reflects:How gentleness is out of touch,Why nooses are around your necks,Or ... Read More about Sometimes I Wonder

The last time I visited a librarymy seasonal allergies were acting upand I tried to stifle my coughseven more than usual.I didn't want these strangers —these people who were like me,prioritizing books over foodat the start of a pandemic —to think I was putting them at riskfor the sake of my reading ... Read More about Liminal

The first time we sang togetherwe started singing along tosome song or otherand it turns out you and Ihad somehow alwayspicked different partsso that when we singwith Jimmy or James or,to be honest, with anyone at all,there is three-part harmony.We are hymn singers by training,by passion, by ... Read More about Blend

He took an exit ramp that I missed,left me at a rest stop and called oncehe was out of sight with a better navigator(no offense to me or anything),and I found myself in uncharted territory,alone again for the first time. And somewhere in all of the questioningand turning and unfolding and ... Read More about Drive