Illusions

I have to forgive the trees every fall. It’s okay. I know. You can’t help it. Now I can even work on being excited for them. Hey, next step! Transform! Let’s move on! These are not sentiments that come easily to me. I love deciduous trees. I love the fluttering of their leaves, and […]

Belonging

There was this guy at church who didn’t belong there. He had some kind of scarf over his head, making him a tunnel to hide in. You could barely see his face. He looked like a babushka through the white rabbit hole. The scarf that was hiding his face was a nutty black and white […]

Selling Yourself Down the River

The path to salvation is paved with pre-made, frozen lunches. Right? With thriftiness. With thinking ahead. It took a long time for me to recognize these notions as middle class mantras. You repeat them enough, you realize they are nonsense. There is no protection from the future. I suspect that if I copy enough vocabulary […]

Full Stop

I had to pull over my car and yell at my friend last night. We had been talking politics. “I can’t talk about this anymore!” He looked at me. “I’m too upset!” Normally, I would have clammed up, had a glass of wine, and nursed my little resentment until the next time I saw him– […]