The wind is coming from the East.  We’ve been on the little boat long enough to watch the sky go from light to blue to black. The boat...

I've decided to discuss everything by the given names of yesteryear. Ice box. Dungarees. Moving pictures. Victory gardens. The...

The life of Jean Morris was an absolute triumph. She was a talented musician, wise leader, caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and...

I never went to Atlantic City as a kid. Any preconceived notions about the place were derived from a movie from the 90’s called Wild...

If I wanted to time travel I would start by looking in familiar places where time is easily found. Libraries. Pawn shops. Public...

Dad had a faded flannel shirt that was varying shades of soft brown. It was worn and comfortable and had seen a thousand Saturday...

Shark Tooth island is changing in the water. Somewhere in the Potomac River just feet away from the border between Virginia and Maryland....

I take a picture of the sky when I have a good idea. This is not a metaphor. It’s a habit. It started one night when I stumbled into a...

Eventually you will need to act in the way of your ancestors. Moving slower and firmer and closer to the ground. Carrying a cadence of...

I was putting the dishes away when a song came on so cutting and clear that tears released themselves without my permission and I leaned...

I had a dream that the moon fell from the sky. It was not catastrophic or noisy at all. In fact, it made no sound and it fell the way a...

The people assembled as if the ocean called them. I was wordless and transfixed in my humble beach chair. The rain and wind of the past...

I have a funny little dog. Most of the funny parts about her that annoy me terribly also remind me of myself. It is a kind of canine...

Just behind Southside Elementary School there is a sweet little park. Backstops articulate where baseball diamonds are hidden under snow....

Great birds fly in perfect motion suspended above me in the wind. Today they are vultures, but I've seen eagles here before. Exhibiting...

If I push the blankets off, leave my bed, and walk out the bedroom door it's just 15 paces to the hearth. From there it's 10 paces out...

My school closed the other day. I work at a school. I teach kids about their feelings and I tie their tiny shoes at recess. I brought...