New Guinea Impatiens on my 34th Birthday

I think I'm now ready.
I'm thirty-four years-old today.
I've traveled the country
for work and play.
I've been followed by whales
in Monterrey. Jumped out of a plane
in San Jose. I've busted my rump
and earned an MA. I think
I'm now ready.

I think that I'm ready.
Ready for the swollen
belly. Ready to raise a
loving ( Read more... )

Dust rose up from the wheelbarrow as I dropped another shovelful into it. All around me the sounds of scraping metal on wood and the quiet "pfft" of the debris falling into the wheelbarrows were punctuated by the muffled thuds of hammers sinking into the deadly, black fuzz-covered drywall. I had needed to remove my glasses before we had even begun ( Read more... )

Living Makes a Mess of ThingsLiving makes a mess of things ( Read more... )

Hi Flamers! While I fully intended to write a self-contained little short-story, that isn't at all what happened. I started to get into the characters and it got away from me and before I knew it, I was fully aware that I was writing a mere snippet of something much larger. Me? Something larger? I know, right? I'm shocked! It cuts to a different ( Read more... )

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I was trying to craft a brand spanking new entry this week about how particular I am with food or alternately with my completely uncharacteristic adventures of late in trying organ meats, but I wasn't having much success. While writing about how ritualistic I am with food, I remembered how ritualistic I am in general and instead dusted off a really ( Read more... )

It's a bit longer than normal for me. Thank you for taking the time to read it! Please forgive the wonky spacing. I'm not sure what the problem is with the formatting, but I've been unable to correct it.

The Other Woman
There is a photograph that someone took of Mike and Katie at the V. Sattui Vineyard and Winery several years ago. Katie is ( Read more... )

Author's Note: This piece deals directly with sexual violence. I know that this is a tough theme for some folks. It is for me. Please, if this is something you have a hard time reading, don't feel obligated. I am struggling to get comfortable with this theme since my own story is my master's thesis. I know it keeps appearing in my writing. This is ( Read more... )