Suprise Me

We circled and bobbed at his urging—arms, wings and paws in unison—as a giant red sun rose out of the water. Read More

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One of the mothers made these costumes. Yes, I still have mine. Read More

These may not be the type of blue suede shoes that Elvis was singing about, but they are currently my favorite dressy shoes. Read More

It was the dark winter solstice of December 2020.  Everything was shut down because of COVID, and vaccines were a mere glimmer.  Life was suspended.  Work had stopped abruptly one day in March—I was too old to risk showing up in person, and virtual options were poor—so de facto retirement came more suddenly than I… Read More

We could get credit for the golden boulder—if we could somehow transport it to the assayer’s office without getting robbed. Read More

Photos of families, couples, and mobs, shuttered or pixilated images preserve decades of life, love, and memory, chaos captured, order performed. Random or planned, group photos reflect group purpose. We gathered to chronicle the choking, smoke-filled days and siren-screaming nights of ’92, to project a cinematic family photo, to replicate violence against a lone black… Read More

      First day       My mom looked down into the box camera. I smiled from the first step of the bus. I wore a green wool sweater. I tilted my head down a little. And I wonder what kind of boy I’d been if I’d have had my chin up and… Read More

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The wait seemed interminable, but the later our birthday was called, the less chance we had of being drafted. Read More