I go to the river for a night swim. Crossing the gravel road on foot, my sandals flopping softly against my heels like the sound of cotton t-shirts waving on the clotheslines, I can hear the [...]
I sit in a middle school auditorium to watch the year-end Montessori performance of The Wizard of Oz. The lion wanted courage (“Roar!”), the tin man wanted a heart (“Is it a kind heart?), the [...]
Dear [List of all the men I will meet while in my current Easily Infatuated Stage], This is how it works: I fall hard and fast for the dream of loving and living with a mountain man in a little [...]
“Do you want some apple wine made right here in the fine state of North Carolina?” Riley asks, handing me a jug. We are hanging out up at the Herb Shop at the end of a hazy, hot day. “Tastes like [...]
Sunlight falls hazy on common cinquefoil leaves at the roadside and I am walking the long loop of Patton Thicket. Scientists have researched the benefits of walking in shapes and learned that it [...]
GP and I drive to BigCity, NC to see Why We Fight at the Fine Arts Theatre. It is undoubtedly the most depressing movie I have seen in years. It is also a must see. I leave the theatre [...]
I met Riley yesterday up at Joe’s farm. He was elbow deep in soggy, dark soil and mud was splattered across his face, tangled in his beard. He looked at me and wiped sweat from his brow, a curl [...]
Today, uninspiration looks like a flat, glassy river. It tastes like ginger rice with smoked salmon and goat cheese. It feels like a hibernating bear. It smells like natural spring-dampened soil. [...]
Meg skips up to the counter at the coffeehouse, her gentle smile in full bloom. “I’m taking the afternoon off for some me-time in the garden. Then I’m going to write the report I have to write [...]
This must be the calm before the storm. Two people suggested that I stop the blog as soon as I arrive at residency – seeing that as the perfect storybook ending to the beginning of my writing [...]
