A Whole New Way to Knit
August 26, 2019
I’ve been excavating the Creativity Room closet, finding treasures amidst the heap of papers and boxes in its depths. Old rectangular beeswax crayons call. I take a colored pencil sketch I was doing of my thigh in light and shadow, Read more…
August 25, 2019
Threading the needle is the hardest part. Once I get the needle threaded and the fabric lined up, mending soothes me. The needle pulls through the fabric with a whispery rasping sound. My attention shrinks: the precise place to push Read more…
August 24, 2019
sirens wail the young man channels his grief into his gun bright chatter i wonder what goes on behind that mask i-the-observer one fork on a highway of my soul black outfit he fades into the shadows of his role Read more…
August 23, 2019
Sometimes you skim over the surface of life, like a dragonfly cruising in the sunshine. The breeze lifts you where you want to go, and everything you need for the good life is bountiful and at hand. You bask in Read more…
August 22, 2019
sometimes i thinktruth is solid in my handstrong enough to build wallsbright enough to light the world then it turns to liquid twists and slides in my hand and becomes another thing entirely i bow my headin recognitionand acceptance
June 11, 2019
last weekwe all had coldsthe weather was unseasonably cool we laid light blanketson our laps in the eveningsand huddled at night inour flannel sheets we sipped tea and homemade chicken soup, coughed, blew our noses and shook our heads at such Read more…
June 6, 2019
I was watching a youtube decorating video, and she said you should have a neutral couch because of course you want it to go with your seasonal throw pillows. Wait! Back up a bit. Seasonal throw pillows are a thing, Read more…
June 5, 2019
I was riding along in the back seat of car and everything was just fine. All of a sudden, I realized that no one was driving. I tried to climb over the back of the front seat, but there was Read more…
June 4, 2019
There was some sort of emergency, so I called 911. By the time they answered, I’d forgotten what the emergency was, so I went running around trying to remember while the person on the other end of the phone tried Read more…
June 3, 2019
I was in a room with a lot of men dressed in medieval clothing in fancy chairs. All around them were long, intricately decorated cast iron caskets connected by brass pipes. The caskets were steaming. The man in charge told Read more…
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