as small as a patch of clover
Time has passed, and here we are: Older and more like ourselves. I am six shows post-pandemic reopening, and I don't know what to say...
stealing bases.
Well. The Vice Presidential Debate: It was easier to follow, at least. My son is playing in a Fall baseball league. This is the first...
monuments and syrup bottles and The Dixie Chicks and Marie Kondo
In the past month, I've been filling gaps in my education. I've learned about redlining, Juneteenth, The Negro Motorist Green Book, and...
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....
