It’s a shit season to be a resident of the United States, but it’s a good day to be a public school teacher, who has the day off for weather. Happy Epiphany, and let’s pretend Trump isn’t about to pardon all the January 6th criminals. Let’s say a public school teacher attended a funeral, and […]
Read More SNowed inThis winter feels protective. The cold keeps me tucked away. The snow insulates what looks dead, and spreads clean, consistent color where there were organic browns, pale midwestern house paints, and silver cars smudged with road muck.
Read More The Cold WarTheoretically, the arrival of spring is inevitable. It doesn’t feel inevitable in April. We get handed a day of sun and short sleeves, the forsythia squint out, and then winter yanks us back. Today is forty degrees, overcast as a trenchcoat, and the wind slaps everyone in the face. Grow up! It’s not spring yet! […]
Read More Winter’s Last GrabOn a day like today, I think about Going To Alaska. I escaped work by trudging over to the gas station on the corner. Slowly. Slowly. Keeping the snow below the edge of my sneakers, and keeping my feet under me. I drive a stick. I live upstairs. I can’t be breaking my ankle. It was […]
Read More The Last Frontier
Going On 