Weather

At the gas station, a woman pulls up on the other side of the pump. “Are you a Chiefs fan, or a Jayhawk fan?” She has a mask covering only her mouth. I’m masked though, and we are outside. “Uh, Jayhawk fan,” I said, since I have no interest in racist mascots or games that […]

She was walking her whole neighborhood of cul-de-sacs, eight of them. The grasshopper was fat, and virile, and in the middle of the sidewalk, and would be eaten. She had no shoes. The grasshopper had no leg. “Look at this guy,” I said. “Pick it up!” the kid said. “You pick it up,” I said. […]

Estate

I woke up this morning, my hamstrings were little plucking cramps. It took Brene Brown talking about shame to get me out of bed. And then I ran into like three flies. I think the flies I vacuumed up last night successfully unionized and escaped the vacuum, though I had, in my genius, put the […]

Surroundings

I’ve spent a ton of time at my desk during pandemic. Usually I prefer to work in one of my walking-distance spots, with little asides from neighbors, the noise of life going on, views of old architecture, and dogs, and the taste of some baked something I loved. One of the pieces of my grief […]