Hummingbirds
Mother of Pearl door, Istanbul Nails cut red sea scallops into her thumb Held back from digging deeper. What was the point? He’d shut his… Read More »Hummingbirds
love
To Get a Dog, or Not
Down the stairs of my condominium and across Campus Drive I walk along Leona Canyon Open Space Preserve. In April and May, I canter past… Read More »To Get a Dog, or Not
Hole-in-One Love
Before the city had cut down pecan trees for the mall, before your brother was diagnosed with cancer, before the crazy woman moved into the… Read More »Hole-in-One Love
Benchmarks
Memory Believes Before Knowing Remembers –William Faulkner Walk past wild radish and California golden poppies, beyond a pond lined in cattails and home to mallards,… Read More »Benchmarks
Wandering in the Desert
I want to wake up each morning without remembering your voice, how we used to wrap around together in one invisible seam, a velcro from… Read More »Wandering in the Desert
Mortal
The way forward is with a broken heart. –Alice Walker (With thanks to Elizabeth Bishop, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frank Sinatra and W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)… Read More »Mortal
Shoot Me, I’m Online Dating (11)
I rendezvous with my online dates at either one of two places. The first is near Lake Merritt in Oakland, which provides ample time to… Read More »Shoot Me, I’m Online Dating (11)
Shoot Me, I’m Online Dating (10)
I’m not proud about online dating. Why would I want to brag about trying to find loving companionship after searching through profiles and photographs and exchanging emails… Read More »Shoot Me, I’m Online Dating (10)
Shoot Me, I’m Online Dating (9)
One evening as I was minding my own email, an online dating site informed me that I had a message. I clicked a link from successfulman56 and read,… Read More »Shoot Me, I’m Online Dating (9)
Darkness Simmers Beneath My Surface
I scrubbed each kitchen tile with vinegar, doused stainless steel appliances with cleaner to remove all streaks, lemon-oiled the two halves of the dining room table and… Read More »Darkness Simmers Beneath My Surface