Watch
Bats and platypuses are the ones that we should watch. They’re the mammals who have learned to live outside the box.
In lieu of tears
I still listen to the playlist that you made for the road trip away. I still have to close my eyes when I get to the third track, and I lean my head back and let the memories wash across … Continued
If I Could Fly
If I could fly to Mexico by way of all the flowers, never telling anybody how I know that my grandfathers would have wanted me to come back all the way to here every several generations and about once every … Continued
White House Haiku
The little boy knows of the crime that shook his house but he is not scared.
Transferable Skills
She never used to transfer from the carseat to the bed without those waking-up ideas awak’ning in her head. But now she’s got this carseat that just cannot be carried, so she’s developed transfer skills, because it’s necessary.
Banquet Hall
She lives above a banquet hall, the very one they used to celebrate with friends on the day they said, “I do.” And like the cala lilies by our first apartment’s door it reminds her that their love’s the same today as … Continued
At the Thrift Store
Do not buy something so practical as speakers at the thrift store. No one gets rid of a good pair of speakers. When we move, they are the last thing we pack, or we do not pack them at all. We … Continued
My Style
Just because it is my style to do it all at once does not mean it is the best way.
Things That Changed My Life
If I had to make a list of things that changed my life, I could name some big things, like being Ryan’s wife, or growing up outside of town, or where I went to school or all the traveling that … Continued