CohabitationMoths, unnerving as a loose power line sparking the drip-filled August air with high voltage — it is their randomness that frightens…Apr 23Apr 23
Sizzlenot sound but feel, when that arrow of adrenalin flies down my arteries, vision clouds, like waking up broken on pavement only to see…Apr 23Apr 23
MoonlitIt’s the moon that triggers — full gibbous rising through leafless sweetgums, hickories and elms. Plumb lines reaching from the knoll…Apr 13Apr 13
Leaf PigmentsTrees speak their names: red oak and maple, yellow poplar — obvious, no? But red just mimes the aging shift of emerald leaves to the dark…Apr 13Apr 13
SoftnessMy Mother passed down guilt and the work ethic, heirlooms that serve through crisis and calm. WhenApr 13Apr 13
Obituary (Props to Victoria Chang)Sylvia Siegel was born in Rochester, NY, on September 29, 1918. The daughter of Jewish immigrants, no that’s not how I want to start…Apr 9Apr 9
Flight 348, Atlanta to SacramentoGlancing over at the Gen Zer sporting crimson stilettos kitty corner from me in seat 23C, I notice the brim of her ball cap is pinned with…Apr 9Apr 9
My Personal Relationship With the Avocado: History and EvolutionAvocado, Alligator pear, Avocado pear.Feb 21Feb 21
BenedictionI’m sitting in the dark, as first rays coerce light through the small gap between blind and window — it is the gloaming’s unnamed…Feb 21Feb 21
MRIModern medicine says hello, not with a smile or twinkling eyes, but with a bang loud enough to wrench my head ninety degrees to the left…Feb 21Feb 21