I dream about water when I feel out of control.  I think it all starts with the trauma related to potty training, but that is a poorly developed theory, nor can I site any reliable studies. So there you have it, an unreliable hunch.  There are a lot of expectations that involve control of bodily […]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In […]

She walks barefoot into the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee wearing boxers and a white tank, her mom says, “Happy Birthday honey.” “Thanks mom,” she smiles and bends down to scratch the cat’s back. It’s going to be hot today, in the 90’s, to bad she can’t wear shorts to school. “Eighteen today.” “Yeah, now […]

“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”  Djuna Barnes All this hurrying will be over soon and my life will unravel like a roll of toilet paper and a curious cat. I’ll puddle on the bathroom floor in generous heaps, useless for the rest of the summer, rueing the unachievable shape of […]

I’m living instead of ignoring life this week so writing got demoted. I can tell you what happened but what I really want is for you to know how I felt. That’s a lie, I want you to actually feel what I felt. Sometimes the words tumble out as easily as if I’m channeling Nora […]