Some thoughts are like the pressure in a stormThey fill my house, my headUntil my temple throbsI turn off the lights, crank the A/CWish for […]
Space
One of those lessons that gets put in front of me a lot that I think I am (kind of, sort of) learning: create space […]
Home to the Seasons
This, right here, todayThe first warm day, sixty-five, sixty-six, and climbingStuck inside but I throw the windows openSneak in a run over lunchThree miles is […]
Weekend Gratitude
For my mom, on mother’s day and every day. I am very lucky. For good wine. For the sun, yesterday, and reading on the warm […]
Massage, it’s been awhile
Massage:Where someone rubs hot stonesUp my back, down my armsOver my assAnd it’s very good, thank you very much His quiet voice interrupts only to […]
Home, Home, Home
There’s a spot, a few miles away, where you turn left, and look out from the top of the bluff at the bay. It’s how […]
A Thursday in Madison
It’s been a rough week, but today was a good day in Madison, mostly hanging out with my bro. A catalog of gratitude: Grubhub delivery. […]
Spinning Plates
The drive to Madison where I listen to my book and watch the road and curb my anger, again and again. And then I curb […]
Reacting
Waking up to the headline “Roe v. Wade seems to be on the cusp of falling” in my New York Times newsletter was a disorienting […]
More Than One Thing
We are more than one thingI am confident, it’s not a maskBut I can shake with insecurityAll that shameful historyEvery misstep and misspoken wordMovies in […]