Civil War
Broken-in shoes gather molded arches beneath an army of dangling limbs. Some wait, collars upturned, yearning to be made whole. Bare wire hangers dig meatless… Read More »Civil War
September 2013
A Pencil and a Friendship
When I think of the witch in Hansel and Gretel, I think of my kindergarten teacher from P.S. 48 in the Bronx, Mrs.… Read More »A Pencil and a Friendship
A Person of Carriage
She spoke with a Hungarian accent, her speech
bordered on vines and blue forget-me-nots
Mosquitoes Create Jobs
It’s been a year since I arrived in the northeastern portion of Louisiana, a wilderness and a wonderland to a northerner who has never lived… Read More »Mosquitoes Create Jobs
Eudora Welty in Jackson, Mississippi
When I drove to Jackson, Mississippi to meet with several members of the Writer’s Guild for lunch, I discovered the answer to a question that I’d been… Read More »Eudora Welty in Jackson, Mississippi
Double-take
A computer is the last place to look for the Holocaust.
A Person of Carriage
–for Aunt Jeanette She spoke with a Hungarian accent, her speech bordered on vines and blue forget-me-nots dropped her w’s in soft cushions beneath my… Read More »A Person of Carriage