Category Archives: parenting

The black Opal kombi connection | Field notes from the Pacific coast

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

This is a series of posts I started in late May and plan to continue for 40 days, with a goal of hitting 50,000 words by July 5 (#33 post). It’s inspired by a three-day solo trek on the Washington … Continue reading →

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‘We’re a happy family’

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

We craved some intimacy with each other that was probably sexual in nature but we didn’t know how to express it yet so we stayed up late talking on the phone and fell asleep next to the handset, and when … Continue reading →

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The clouds above the development like medical gauze papery, multi-layered

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

In the area where they’re building new homes, where before it was trees and native plants and now they’ve cleared it out, razed and re-sculpted it, planted new grass and trees to make it look like it was always there, … Continue reading →

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Right before the storm the sky turned a queer pink

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

The wind came on hard so of course I had to go out in it: why does being out in extreme weather make us feel so alive (because at any moment it feels we may not be)? Is it really … Continue reading →

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‘Here always is,’ on parenting

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

And there was the time I got arrested for furnishing alcohol to minors and underaged drinking—and you wouldn’t think you could be guilty of both, but that’s the law. The night I called my parents late from Erie, PA (from … Continue reading →

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Fireflies trapped in a jar, the days, prose

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

Some of the days flew by so fast, others you could trap in a jar. They were on the internet or in your computer on a spinning carousel, going back as far as you could right up to the present. … Continue reading →

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Bluetooth speaker inside rusted copper resonating bowl

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

Lily and I moved to opposite corners of the hot tub. Because it’s outside and we live in the Pacific Northwest, the underside of the cover attracts slugs and undesirable life. I’ve started using bromine tabs indiscriminately, I just dump … Continue reading →

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