Coming Around
Time passes. Life changes. I come around again. Turn to face the year with what I hope is greater clarity. The reminder that sometimes it's OK to find yourself lost.…
Time passes. Life changes. I come around again. Turn to face the year with what I hope is greater clarity. The reminder that sometimes it's OK to find yourself lost.…
'As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.' Margaret Deland. For a moment when you look at the calendar on the wall the numbers are…
February 13. Notes written in order to abolish this damn writer's block plaguing me once again. In the morning, get up. Make the bed in the style of a fancy…
The first sign that trouble was about to descend on the peaceful empire known as The Boreen came in Spring. It arrived in the form of a cloud obscuring the…
No rain or wind and the sun has made an appearance. The garden is a mess. I'm bundling up and heading out there to tame what has grown wild and…
Two Weeks Before. A frozen morning. Outside, an army of bone white trees. An icy clear sky. Birds pecking at the kitchen window. You say, 'it's only a number' the…
In early November the girl can see her breath. Clouds of smoke in the crisp air. She wears a red and black checked bomber jacket; owned since university. A cold…
The hotel room, dressed in washes of brown, looks out onto a busy road. I have pulled back the curtains, opened a window. Gray clouds heavy and sodden painted against…
(A rambling film review for the 3rd day of January because the first week of the year always feels like the earth is standing still. Also, I'm working on new…
Events since Christmas Eve as we move into the void before New Years. Present state of being...reclusive introspection. *Mice. Twenty live-trapped and released. No more clearing counters each night. No…