Mama
Friday, May 29, 2020. It is 1:27 a.m. The windows are open, and two barred owls call and respond. A duet. I am on the couch looking for...
I think my neighbors deserve a better show than Wheel of Fortune.
Last night, I dreamed I showed up to my album release show at Noce, an upscale, reputable jazz venue here in town, and suddenly realized:...
A Mild COVID Tale in 2 Parts: Part 2 - There was no blind side.
Part 2… (Part 1 is Here.) Between March 25, 2014 and April 13, 2016, there were 28,616 cases of Ebola across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra...
A Mild COVID Tale in 2 Parts: Part 1 - 211
Part 1… 211 I have been sick with a “mysterious virus” for 2 weeks now. Symptoms were mild last Tuesday (3/17), but still mirrored what I...
#43 Culling Elephants: The end of the world in 3 scenes.
It is exactly noon on a Saturday, and like "exactly noon" every Saturday, the tornado sirens scream -- a weekly test. Today it feels...
#42 The Disease Factory
A Poem "Don't leave my house?" You don't have to tell me twice. I was made for quarantine. This is my best life. (The end.) I can be...
#41: word to your mother: international women's day
I listened to an On Being (Krista Tippett) interview with Sandra Cisneros today before I even knew it was International Women's Day....
#40: what remains is good
Last night, I cleaned the kitchen while listening to one of my favorite podcasts: The C.R.E.A.T.E. series. I'm sure I've talked about...
#39 Shush, Child
Life got a little dramatic recently. There were sirens. The short story is that I passed out. Twice. The longer story is that I passed...
#38: wow, look at this.
My son turned 8 this week. Yesterday, he had a few friends over, and I learned that 8 is not too old or cool to jump in leaf piles. Spent...
