A Guppy’s Dream

My pond’s overrun by guppies again, and at perhaps 2000 gallons, it’s not a small one. . . . a … More

A Haunting High

For me it was like picking up a can of teargas,then huffing it – remembering paint and glue and you.Not … More

“Isn’t that cute?” “Uh huh.” I’m sure it’s a question of time, that love may conquer all, but behind my … More

Was it 40 or 50 years ago now that my sisterconvinced me to try online dating? I’ve losttrack of how … More

From up here it’s simple to say you see what this legendary saga of long ago is all about. His … More

Now he knew he’d see anything coming.Whatever it was, it couldn’t hide from or surprise him.He’d been taken unawares before, … More

The pain splatters my skin like the firstmonster drops of rain before the torrents.It happened so fast, I thought my … More

To my dismay, I’ve found I have no copy of Jane Eyreat home. I’d wanted to reread it after all … More

Why do I remember how elm treesdied along the avenues in Madison?Blighted. Some disease. Blamethe Dutch? Really? What an honorto … More

I go downtown more often these days. Nostalgia. Chinatown was a regular haunt for me during small kid time. My … More

Will we find that it’s fine, eventually, all by itself,that it’ll blow over with the passage of time, I wondered.Life’s … More

The consequences of confused minds would have bound us in that spot. We’d just found majority, still too young to live … More

No amount of snow – and they have lots of it – can possibly hide every single blue thing in … More

The two finished their drinks without solving the case. They said their goodnights to Rick Tamanaha and the rest of … More

On the bus we’re headed through the desert for the Red Sea,crossing a staggering, desolate landscape.The heat outside withers you … More

More seen, more said, more heard, more thought, their bags packed ever heavier by travel as they go, the making … More

Once, walking through the forest where the Bayan Tree Plaza stands today,I stepped on a branch with a thorn so … More

We slouch around the conference table like sagging pillars of Stonehenge, all of us engrossed as vegans in the prospect … More

Happy Earth Day to you, Earth. Our apologies for everything we’ve done to you. We wish we could go back … More

Contemplate the snail, any kind of snail.More than 40,000 snail species slowly roam the earth,all peacefully paced, wending their way … More