I have a tradition on Taylor Swift’s album release days. I go for a run, not letting myself start the album until I’m out the […]
Eve of Midnights
The eve of MidnightsAll the ghosts come out to playThe Fall lullabies Here is the routine:Find your shoes and your headphonesRun to the sunrise Write […]
Lunch Runs
I’ve been running more during lunch breaks again. This skip over fall into early winter has me outside, desperate to acclimate now before the real […]
Here, Watch This
I feel . . . like everyone should watch the most recent Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episode that covered transgender rights. Here you […]
Asking Why
We talked about ‘asking the right questions’ in our leadership development program class today, classic week two content of a program I’ve been helping run […]
Mid-October
Three small pumpkins from the farmers marketTwo hand towels – bats and jack-o-lanternsA plastic cauldron on the tableStephen King on the couchHill House still haunts […]
October Saturday
We skip from late summer to early winter overnight and I find myself running in below-forty-degree weather on a gray and rainy afternoon. The colors […]
A Wild Friday Night
A wild Friday night: Pizza Hut & shampooing my carpet. My parents showed up just after five with pizza from Sturgeon Bay and a rented […]
Pulse Check
A pulse check. I am tired. It hails today and it brings me joy — for the winter ahead, bundle up — but I sink […]
What I Can Do
Here is what I can do for youHere is what I cannotHere are the flowers we can plantHere is the absence to let them rot […]