Photo by Generation X-Ray on FlickrThere’s a long list of things you aren’t supposed to admit you enjoy: wedding reality TV shows, appletinis, a trip to Chili’s. Recently, while ordering a salad with friends, I decided to own up to my own secret …
Tagged fooda poem by Ellen Bass to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit [...]
Tagged how to live, poetryIt’s been a while hasn’t it? Let me make a public note now to discuss: the tail-end of Germany. I stopped in Konstanz so there is still Munich (which I loved, all 24 hours of it) and Stuttgart, and then a final reflection would probably be proper. Cape Cod! I took an impromptu trip there [...]
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