Do prepare to prepare to say something about the color of the leaves. The badger that lives out back. The geography of the place, or…
It began with the accident—with head scraping asphalt, with blood and confusion. Or perhaps it began earlier with promises and pheromones, in the dwindling light…
Don’t touch that. That is a registered trademark. That requires a signature. If left on a stove or near a heat source, that may explode….
Every danger in this area is on the nautical chart, but still. The cat howls all night. It’s dark, and I so want to throttle…
Why always aloof? Why always early? But wait. Don’t let it fester. You want to bang me senseless! A dim clearing in the kitchen with…
Taped to the ceiling of my gynecologist’s office directly above the exam table is an intricate cut-out of the Indian elephant-headed Ganesh, his nose a…
I used to babysit for two kids who lived down the street. I was a lousy babysitter. I often fell asleep before they did. When…
As far as I can tell, birds are not self-aware. A hawk does not think, “Maybe I should head over to that group of trees,…
If I could, I would make you winter all the time. The planet would spin, fixed at perihelion. Oh, the irony of our winter, when…
Harmony’s modeling program showed the distant planet as tidally locked. One side always faced its sun; the other backed onto the vast universe. Hubble shots…