The Tent, the Pit-Bull and a Brown Mini-Van
Pacific Northwest, WA — I picked up the phone on a Wednesday morning, finished my coffee and hoped for a walk-in-the-park day. It was my job to answer the phone […]
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Are you Caucasian?
A phone call from Mount Vernon, WA to Denver, CO — “Hey Jill, can I ask you a question?” my neighbor girl asked over the phone. She was picking the […]
The Would You Rather? Game
Sewanee, TN – I play a game with the 12-year old whom I tutor called, Would you rather? We ask each other things like: Would you rather discover that the […]
So Now You Know Where I’m At
Beersheba Springs, TN – “Marathon. Marathon is the Greek word for fennel. In Latin, it’s foeniculum. In Spanish, it’s hinojo with a silent ‘h’. That one doesn’t follow like the […]
Order in the Court
Altamont, TN – If I was to learn rural Tennessee, I had to understand the people. My cousin, who sometimes mediates in the courts, offered to let me shadow him for […]
The Man Who Was Ahi
Denver, CO — I had no idea how the stroke survivor group would turn out. Every week is different. One time I asked what was new in the last week […]
What to Expect When You’re not Expecting
Denver, CO — I may have killed my mother, my kombucha mother that is. As I left town, my friend gifted me a honey jar with a little starter juice […]
We’re Number Three
Seattle, WA — I tried my hardest to fit in at the overcrowded conference on traumatic brain injury. I checked in and headed over to help myself to breakfast, picking my […]
Pain is Pain
Denver, CO — I tell myself that all grad programs must be this way. There came a moment during the first day of class when I was surrounded by people […]
The Durazno (Peach) Tree
Here’s what I will miss about South 6th Street. My neighbor, Benito, comes over to bring me cilantro seed. He sees me in the dirt with my barn boots on, […]
