The Lay of the Land

I have a tree outside my window, which is very important. Some kind of creeping vine is growing around it, hot pink flowers braided into mature scoop-shaped tree leaves. Behind the tree is a fence with barbed wire on top of it. The barbed wire is protecting us from a carpet store, or protecting the […]

Problems

Is a squirrel a problem? When I first moved into this place, there were spiders. Spiders, spiders everywhere, and not a drop to drink. I screamed when I saw them, and ran into another room, and my stomach tangled, and I wanted a fetal position and a security detail. I cried. Today, when I see […]

Finished

Last Sunday, I followed the sidewalk around the mansion to get my paper. Walking back, I glanced at the front door, and a funny change of color caught my eye. A metal grate goes over the front doors. After the front doors with their pathetic latches were kicked in, the grate got pulled and bent […]

Fish is Fish

The heart wants what it wants, I guess. I wanted a fish, and I although I remember wanting one before I saw “Finding Nemo,” it took a decade before its lessons wore off enough that I could consider having a domesticated fish to be a humane practice. Just another victory for Pixar. My residual nervousness […]