Sex, Drugs & Rocking Chairs
Denver, CO — What do you say when a 90-year old woman tells you she will give you her bras? They just don’t fit any more. When you get old, your […]
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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 […]
Savannah and the Man from Spain
Savannah, GA — When you travel alone, there is an opening in the universe which allows unique relationships to blossom. I found myself with an extra day in Georgia. The […]
Little Joe
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island – I wake to a misty morning, determined to get a bike ride in for some exercise. I pick out the destination of Blockhouse Point Lighthouse […]
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, […]
Chapulines
This afternoon, I visit the neighbor kids’ house. Vale, the sixth grader, comes out of the kitchen with a bowl. “You want some? Try these.” In the bowl are about […]
Some Things Aren’t Broken: Miss Prissy 2
Miss Prissy, remember, is the cat that belongs to the homeless man. In fact, she is the cat who rides on his back while he rides his blue BMX bike […]
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