both sides now

I spend part of most work days circling the school. One of our primary treatments at the school where I teach is walking. Ideally, walking outside. Down the front steps, around the corner of the building, where the church’s sanctuary is, and under its overhang, where a fence protects extra junk that we tell the […]

spotlight

We had a breeze and one firefly as “My Fair Lady” wrapped up. We didn’t need it, but we liked it. One firefly lingered over the crowd, doubtless confused by the goliath light that poured toward Eliza and Henry Higgens, a powerful light too diffused to become a lover. I love the strange ending of […]

No clue

“Maybe everything isn’t a clue.” – Hua Hsu, Stay True “I’m going to try to make meaning by connecting some unrelated things,” I say as we stand by the car. A friend’s mother goes to the ER. On my couch, my niece crumples with anxiety and panic raging from nowhere. I order coffee and then […]

lookout

Little boy blue Come blow your horn The sheep’s in the meadow The cow’s in the corn Where is the boy who looks after the sheep? He’s under a haystack, fast asleep This one I typed from memory, suprising myself. I’ve been crabby, and I’m away from home, a place of horns (historically), primarily Charlie […]