Let Not

I like to go to church late. Deep in my heart, I guess I like to go everywhere late, or I wouldn’t be late so often. The brilliant thing about going to church late is that no one can look at you like, What’s her problem? Or they can, but then you know that they […]

Coulda

The happiest day of my life was the day I was the filthiest and the cleanest tired. I woke up jittery on the floor of a Mexican church, and pulled on overalls. All day we nailed two-by-fours and I drank gallons of water without ever having to pee. In the desert, you don’t pee or […]

Fisherman

I almost stole a fish basket. I was fifteen when the family converged on the old farmhouse to divvy up its contents. My great-grandparents had a crackerbox of a house. The story was that someone found the house in a dry creek bed, and hitched it to some horses who pulled it out onto the […]

Before I Get Old

When I was seventeen and attending a Pearl Jam concert, I was concerned that I was uncool because I had never been to Europe or had a boyfriend. Also, my pants were usually wrong, one way or another. At last night’s Pearl Jam show, I was afraid I was uncool because I am old. Thirty-three. How times change.