Karma Tranquilizer

Our guide says jet lag should never be a problemif we know the proper way to deal with it.Without realizing … More

Of Two Minds

As I approach I’m first struck by the enormous rose quartz rock, a natural monument crag,that marks Ralph Waldo Emerson’s … More

I’m on my way home, flying from China to Honolulu,and I post this newsy tidbit on my Facebook page.Not that … More

Grampa sits on the porch rockingHums songs from back in the day when he sang themFull-throated, lung-topped and smiling breathlesslyFeeling … More

When I see a poem coming down to around, say, 24 lines,I begin to consider whether I’ll compose it as … More

After One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest came out as a movie, Jim was madder than a wet poultry dentist. … More

Congregation I was one of them, gathering together to ask the Lord’s blessing, every Sunday singing with the rest, how … More

I’ve had this dream before, variations of it, many times.This morning it was my final dream of the night,so right … More

When you can’t kill the deer it’s okay to say okay. Give in to life and let live. The one … More

I saw his claws. They resembled handswrapped around a sword’s handle too tightly,bloodless white in the fearful death-gripof his cautions … More

Adopted 15 months ago by completechance meeting. A Humane Society rescuefrom an abusive environment, she’s alwaysthere for me, my baby … More

Sarah’s grave looks new, well newer, and spreads outto a green grass field, the unfilled spaces for future use,to be … More

I tested positive Saturday morning, and have livedwith covid, the fever, the chills, and the body ache,since, but now, as … More

The languor of summer days, a drop of sweat.Hit the napkin, plop on the word “miss.” It’sMezcal time here, and … More

Whenever a love is lost, it signifies a languageshared by two people, unique to them, becomesa dead tongue, some forgotten … More

The dream was so horribly vivid that I thought I was awake and watching the news on TV. A friend … More

You know that’s a word, right?It’s one of those onomatopoeia types.Those that come from a sound.Like when you’re trying to … More

We park and she says nothing; it’s getting dark. I follow in her hunting, block after block, down one street, … More

The last meaning what? This guy.I’ve read enough stories, seen enough movies and TV showsto know that there’s always the … More

I’ve been dumped many times, and one thing I’ll sayis that every time it happens it’s so awfully cliché.I hate … More