“I binge read a book the other week,” he shared. She laughed, “You? I would have never thought that possible. I thought you just called that reading!” He smiled back, “This one was excessive, even for my rate.” “What was it?” she asked. “Where the Crawdad’s Sing. I’d heard about […]
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EPIPHANIES
“I don’t believe in epiphanies. I don’t believe in transformative moments, as transformation is harder than a moment. I’ve seen far too many people awash in a genuine desire to change only to lose their mettle when they realize just how difficult change actually is. But that moment, with that boy, was pretty close […]
Poetry / Quick Thought
THAT’S LOVE
I spoke with a friend yesterday, came to learn his five-year old son had been in the hospital with a fever for three days, made me reflect on what love is and how we show and give our care. I wrote this as a small beginning to that thought.
Short Story
THE GLADE
Ryan returned to the passages that cast the story with its romance, to the hidden glade in the woods of which only Aliena then knew; where Jack followed and found and spoke to her alone. It became the sanctuary where they learned and discovered one another; where Jack read poetry and stories learned from […]