For my mama, on her birthday Make a wishOn the star we seeShooting across a cloudless night Make a wishFor the year that’s passedLet it […]
What’s on your nightstand?
Brené Brown asks this in her rapid-fire questions at the end of a podcast interview: What’s on your nightstand? I think it’s supposed to tell […]
Little Heals
These broken routinesHave stitches nowThis is no healing for the history booksBut the kitchen is cleanAnd I drink more water than caffeine I sew what […]
Normal
This weekend was really good. Really normal. The kind of weekend where you write a list on Friday night because it seems like there’s so […]
Gran
I think of my gran todaySitting on the bench with her nameLooking out at her view of the bayMy mama always said she saw something […]
Waitress: The Musical
PSA that you can now rent or buy Waitress: The Musical (on Amazon, Apple, and probably a few other places). They did a limited theater […]
That Brave Leap
February 29, 2016. Leap Day. Here is what I remember: Sophia — a Monday, the first day I spent with her. Six months later she’d […]
Knock, Knock
Knock up against it – the endAgain, and again, bruised shoulders We all stand in our circle of truthWe are the main characters of our […]
An Ode to My Dice That Kept Me Alive Tonight
Bless the original diceThe blue and redThe gifted before I knew what a gift they wereBless their double-digit rolesTheir Nat 20s on death savesThey will […]
Let Everything Happen
Today is brought to you by Instagram philosophy. And some actual philosophy from Rainer Maria Wilke: “Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just […]