I just finished a 3-hour garden shift with a new intern. My back is sore, […]

Sitting at the airport in LA, preparing to board a flight back to Portland, I […]

I had been crying on and off for a week ever since spending a few […]

I think I am finally getting a spark of understanding about what the Troubadors sang […]

I am beginning to feel myself closing down.  I’m not introducing myself to new guests […]

“I seek purification by the grace of God.”  I never thought I would say such […]

You never get a blank slate.  For better or worse, the land has been clear-cut, […]

I used to acknowledge the unique moments of parting. I would sing the same melancholy […]

I’m reading through the fine print of another travel insurance policy, my laptop perched atop […]

Sometimes I can hear the metal of the sliding glass door grind against the track […]