The Sweater

For a few hours, I had this great friend. I had both spent a long weekend at a writing retreat in the February-infected deep dark woods of Pennsylvania. It was lovely there, in a dim sort of way. The buildings of this Quaker retreat center were gorgeously simple rectangles, old white. There was a window […]

Prodigal

“Melting is a common end-of-life scenario for many snowmen.” We used to go to the occult section at the bookstore and look at the decks. My standard for a “good” deck was that it was pretty. They keep tarot cards locked up in cases in bookstores. I guess people will steal them. Or steal cards, […]

Hippo

The hippo emits a reddish fluid that led some people to think hippos sweat blood. They do not. The reddish substance is a sort of sunscreen for the delicate skin of the hippo. Hippos don’t sweat. They get in the water. What I like more about hippos is that I understood their name early in […]

Game Off

The storm was a media darling, as all storms are. This one got a week’s press. It looked like a reliable snow day to me. It is. My traditional snow day debauchery is postponed because it is actually that bad. People have driven up my street. Not people in Miatas. I’ve been clicking through job […]