I was out filming goslings and ducklings in the peaceful ponds by our home here in Eugene, Oregon, when a line from William Stafford’s...
Category - Writing
Today, October 20, has been declared the NCTE “National Day of Writing.” The challenge is to respond to the cosmic question, “Why do I write?” This...
Mom is ninety now, so we try to return her as often as possible to her most sacred personal sites.
The rumor sifted up out of the muddy bottom of the lake of time...
I thought my father had forgotten the incident at Moses Lake...
“West… The sound of a wish in a single word.” Linda Crew, A Heart for Any Fate
Only one person fell into an ice well that day, and that was me.
Lance kept me from choosing a dark fate that day.
That memory took me to such a deep, beginning place as a child.
Tonight, fireworks explode against the dark sky, raining fiery strands of silk zenith to horizon,
then Dark Spider darts across the road...
They say you and I are melting wax--our lives have leapt and flared...