All-night Laundromat
I worked the afternoon shift at the lumber millwhich meant doing my laundry at midnight, a chore I grew fond of,like being handcuffed by flowers — fond of...
Category: Life
Old Man finds Photo of Boy
It’s early evening, the chores are done, and the sun is setting on the 1960s.Young people in San Francisco are conspicuously hip —not one having heard o...
Earth in a Bottle
Contents: light, air, water, greens, warm campfires Do not use if the seals have been broken or have perished. Suggested use:Take one breath 18,000 times per da...
Sliding Into the Fourth Quarter of Life — The Plush Green Moss of Eight Beatitudes
You’re not sure when the rules slipped out of your filing cabinet to wander beyondthe respectable suburbs and lose their way.You only know that they have. You...