sits on a bench across from the pharmacy—bent, wrapped in dark from toe to crown, a shriveled olive. Suddenly she lunges toward a turnstile set between outside the drugstore and in. Auto-piloting down one of the mall’s pathways, caught in cobwebs of thought, I realize we are heading for the same point about to collide. As I downshift to let her pass, she opens the barrier for a very pregnant […]
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Joe Cottonwood | Like pigs
It’s Janice on the phone from her sailboat near Madagascar (background sound of waves slapping hull half a planet distant). Her tenants here on this side of the planet have a stopped-up sink, their own fault says Janice because they live like pigs packing five kids into that two-bedroom cottage but I should fix it which is how I meet freckly smiley Georgia who is discretely nursing a blanketed babe […]
Laura Grace Weldon | Community
Redwood Dharma Redwood trees have lived on Earth for over 240 million years. Homo sapiens, about 200 thousand. Despite massive size, old growth redwood root systems are shallow. Trees reach 350 feet tall yet don’t topple in the strongest winds. Each one’s roots interlace with its neighbors’ roots, creating a vast network of support unseen on the surface. They hold on for a thousand, two thousand years, maybe more, all […]
Carl “Papa” Palmer | Out of the Kitchen
Responding to my desire of learning how to throw a wicked curve ball Mom says without hesitation, “You’ll just have to wait until the baby bottles finish boiling. If you’re in such a big hurry you can help by taking them from the kettle.” She hands me the tongs, “Put them on the counter to dry while I get Dori from her rocker and dressed to go outside.” The little […]
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