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Spring Sprang
My first winter in Madison The coldest winter since they began keeping track The temperature plummeting into the -60s with … More
The Homecoming (Part Three)
His plane had arrived late. Too late to ride the party bus. Sipping his tea, he watched the old woman … More
Friends
My childhood friend tried to claim the sky belonged to him. As we sat there on the lānai, looking out … More
Contributing to the Cause
I have been to the Bristol bus terminal enough times now to have lost count. Not a huge number of … More
That Heart-Shaped Box
Hanging up, I thought then, at that instant,because I was absolutely sure, 19-year old certain,the world would be shot full … More
Escher’s “Three Worlds”
You appear to glide secret keeper of the third world swim beneath leaves scattered about the water’s surface second world … More
Sloth
I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line … More
Grab Hold and Come On In
A fairy tale convict, restrained in her tower cell, scratching those long, thin lines, doleful exercise, the shaky ones that … More
The Stuff of Dreams
The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long … More
The Lurch
When he came to, he was in the dark. Calling out and receiving no response, he figured he was there … More
Vaccination Reaction
Last Friday, brightly believing that I’d now become immune to Covid because of finally receiving the first of two Pfizer … More
Tapping the Well
I’ve been in the graphic design game for many years. My successes, when they’ve occurred, have been noteworthy. Ten years … More
I think I know who’s up there
I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand … More
The Laundry Line
There is nowhere else to go, all the doors and windows are locked, so I sit here on the stairs, … More
Some Neighbors
I am knocking at a polite volume and friendly speed on my neighbor’s door. This is the one in the apartment … More
Then and Now
I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to … More
Still Standing
It amazed him how long, after a tree died, was even completely rotted through like this one appeared to be, … More
dot dot dot
pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More
Stormy Weather
He stepped out into a sunless day. He wondered where it had gone. Oh no. Could this be that end of the world … More
