

Elsewhere
The evening has met its crescendo of blue and the crescent moon, sharp claw, clings to the sky on my walk this evening. It is that time...


Sassafras
“Sassafras?” On a curious whim, I texted an old friend to see if he would respond. We met online as teenagers, over fifteen years ago....


I already do.
"...but maybe we could live a short happy life." I slowly close the book, my thumb no longer supporting a tremendous tome, 814 pages of...


Stay-Awaycation
You should just take a week off and not go anywhere, my husband suggested. So, I imagined it. Taking a week during my favorite month to...


The Third Realm
Tired, but not as cold as I expected, I untether my dog and let him run into the waning light. All day, we abided by park rules and...


My Worlds
I wish I was a wave, same body always repeating. I wish I was a better daughter, always calling, always crossing the same waters with my...


24 Hours, in Senses--Or, Fantasia
Here are your keys. Three weeks after hitting a deer, decimating my radiator and its surrounding parts, I got my beloved car back from...


A Symbiotic Relationship
I often think about people like Stu and how much they miss due to not looking up. My husband and I craned our necks to look at the sunset...


Behold the Beast
It was in the ever-current of Anastasia Beach in 1896 St. Augustine, Florida that two cycling boys discovered a tremendous curiosity...


Singing the Brain Electric
Promise me you'll see a doctor, my friend implored after I told her stories of what can very well be pre-seizure symptoms that occur...