It is the first week of school and there is a heat wave. It has been a relatively mild and rainy summer and the blistering…
Blueberry Buckle
3/4 cup sugar. 1/4 cup oil or shortening. 1 egg. Mix thoroughly I line up the ingredients on the kitchen island. It is quiet, my…
Haze
It has been a hazy month, but today is the worst. Today the smoke settles over the city, blotting out the sun. I feel like…
Some Thoughts About May
And just like that, the snow is gone. We shed our winter coats, sometimes needing a sweater, sometimes needing shorts. The allium that I planted…
Eighty-Five
It is eighty-five degrees in April. At my in-laws’ lake house it feels like summer. We shed our sweaters and boots, trading them out for…
Still
I show a picture of my negative COVID test and put my face near the screen, my black mask covering half of it. I get…
March
I think I’m excited for spring but I’m not sure. There are days that I feel hollow, as if winter has scraped out my insides.…
The Last Time
I ride with my sister to your house on a day in late September. It isn’t the house from my childhood, but I’m still sad…
Snow Day
My bedroom is gray and full of shadows. I glance at my phone. No school. I turn off my alarm and go back to sleep.…
Late December
We are visiting my in laws’ lake house. It is a mild day in late December but the breeze is still chilly enough for me…