My plan over Labor Day weekend was to buckle down and use the three-day weekend’s predicted nice weather to build some shelves from scratch. They are desperately needed to house my husband’s growing miniature painting hobby. I’ve had the plans … Continue reading Labor Day Weekend
It’s raining outside. The clouds are low and gray, and it’s raining outside. The shades are up, and I stare at the window rather than my computer. I haven’t moved from my seat in hours. It’s raining outside, but I’d … Continue reading Struggle
As the evening’s protective cloud cover retreats over the horizon in the face of an approaching cold front marching resolutely forward, and as the rising sun’s first rays claw their way over a bluff to offer tender comfort to their … Continue reading Mirror
Today I return to poetry. This was an unintended poetry practice. I was shuffling through my horde of photos looking for one to use with the prose poetry I’ve been experimenting with lately and realized I had a lot of … Continue reading Forest Path
A solitary yellow hotel matchbook lies on a snow-dusted sidewalk, its flimsy wooden matches exposed to the overcast sky. Why is it here? Did an overworked graduate student, snatching a smoke as they hurried to class, drop it, too distracted … Continue reading Cold
Today, as I was working in my home office, I shut off my music, my podcasts to keep me company, my background YouTube videos, and I opened my window. I heard dogs barking in distant backyards; trucks unnecessarily accelerating and … Continue reading Calm
Rummaging through my collection of old writing, I recently came across a one-page book report I wrote in my junior year of high school on The Catcher in the Rye. It’s short, so I included all three paragraphs below: “The … Continue reading I Can’t Stand Holden Caulfield
Off the main city street, filled to the brim with neon light, effervescing with jubilation, and smelling of human excesses, down a quiet, dark side street that veers to the right, a single solitary street lamp’s sphere of harsh white … Continue reading Etch
My husband and I decided to try indoor gardening when shelter-in-place and quarantine started. I was going to focus on carrots, peas, onions, and potatoes, but when I went to the store to buy seeds, I let one of the … Continue reading Experiments in Writing – Novella
This past December, my aunt sent out a request to the family to send my 4-year-old cousin some mail because he was sad none of the packages or cards arriving were for him. I decided to write him a fairy … Continue reading Experiments in Writing – Fairy Tales
Staring Out A Window 