Pause Button
“On the news, this lady,” Dad turned around in his chair, though he never needed to see me before he began to speak. “All these...
Seed Magic Part VI: Spellbound
“The county is going to cut the trees down on J.” It was gossip. It was fact. It was both a question and a fear. “Trees are dangerous. ...
Licked
“No one leaves here unsuccessful”. I committed this gym phrase to memory. I repeated the words to myself beneath the fluorescent...
April Showers
Walking between the raindrops. To be lucky. To be strategic. To be spared. April weather is supposed to be rainy. If it had been...
No Direction
I have vacation left, more than I thought. The realization was the sigh of damp spring air. The days needed to be spent by early summer....
Make Your Own Bubble (Solution)
I plan for a summer story series and we select themes. Beauty. Communication. Wellness. Nature. I attend a young adult social justice...
Does the World Break? Or Fold?
Spring was here, but I remained too passive. I felt it in my eyes that were tired only from staring at whatever Netflix said was 'for...
Recipes with Chocolate
The first time I made my sister-in-law chocolate chocolate chip cookies, I hadn’t been sure exactly how. I used what was in the...
Think Spring
Think spring. Plant. Be hopeful. Plan. Except plants must take root. Take root in soil. Soil isn't dirt. Soil is alive. What if, I'm...
Can Birds Drown in Snow?
Google dodged the question. It only answered with descriptions of snow-covered gardens and burrowing for seeds. At the end it added a...
