The bickering in the backseat swelled as a balloon with a lungful of air. I turned on the music for a moment, the sudden melody making a surprised pause in […]
In Defense of Idle Hours
For an entire afternoon one Thursday in August, my family didn’t do anything exciting. To be clear, there are many mornings, afternoons, evenings, entire days, and possibly entire weeks where […]
Heirlooms
Someone was coming for dinner. My sister and I always made biscuits: three parts self rising flour to one part shortening; add milk and kneading. And we would set the […]
The Porcelain Room
On a recent trip to the Seattle Art Museum, our eight-year-old grew restless. One can only look at so many paintings of segmented, shimmering lemon wedges, her posture said clearly—only […]
Left in the Rain
Left in the Rain One sodden sockand anotherdotting the yardlike strange flowers.Treasure Islandswollen up,laid butterfly to dry.In a plastic bowl,bloated Goldfishcrackers swim.A polka-dot rain jacket,discarded, shieldsa patch of grass.Chalk portraits, […]
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