Coming up close
…and he just got into his car and drove away
Tag Archives: personal essay
A letter to the universe
We talk about reaching solid ground and solid ground does not exist. The ground is faulted; necessarily so. Balance is an illusion.
Goodbye, my dear
Clint Miller, who was once my husband for 19 years, and my friend even longer, has died.
Coup Coup Kachoo
Comedy is the most difficult subgenre of horror to pull off – but Americans pulled it off January 6th.
Are We Arsonists or Firefighters?
“Not a dollar more than legally required.” This was the answer that Mitt Romney gave to a journalist’s question about how much he paid in taxes. He said it with […]
Song of the crickets
There’s a girl I knew, in the strange way of the Internet. Named for a flower, she is the daughter of a man I met on a defunct writing site…a […]
Glass Half Full of Evil
Are you a glass half empty or glass half full person? What if it’s a jar of broken glass? Spread there, for you to step on? This is a question […]
Long Live the Salmon King
The canulier received the news that the salmon king had died. She heard it from the scone man, who asked the Latvian sausage maker and the Japanese salad dressing specialist, […]
The Long Farewell
I thought about you today. I always do when it rains. You would appreciate the fact that the little sensor that detects rainwater on the windshield of a car and […]
The View From My Run: Election Edition
I brought my phone on my daily run so that I could start tracking my progress with the Strava app and also because I live in a beautiful place and […]
