2016-03-19 18:53
Rest.
By Richard Jones
It’s so late I could cut my lights
and drive the next fifty miles
of empty interstate
by starlight,
flying along in a dream,
countryside alive with shapes and sh… Read More
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Fatherhood, faith, and a primer for my son's therapist.
2016-03-19 18:53
They’re wedged in the backseat, grandfather and grandson, en route to theWay of Lights, because even after Christmas there is always the Way.
It’s a bring-your-book road tri… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Ian looked over my shoulder, hung his arms around my neck as I checked my e-mail. This is his way of telling me that his morning chores are finished.
He noticed the Google Doodle: three face… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Chapter six is titled, ‘Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire’. Seven-year-olds are intimately familiar with the concept, but I’m not sure if Ian’s ever heard the expr… Read More
2015-08-23 14:27
The envelopes sit on my desk, addressed and stamped.
Forever
stamps, which never lose value. A promise
that this letter will reach him,
no matter how much time has passed.
Or what change.
Th… Read More
2015-01-24 14:07
I imagine archaeologists to be a rugged lot. Thick-soled boots like the treads of earth-movers, caked in ancient and illuminating grime. Wide brims and handkerchiefs and mirrored sunglasses… Read More
2014-07-25 20:51
Small boy
By Norman McCaig
He picked up a pebble
and threw it into the sea.
And another, and another.
He couldn’t stop.
He wasn’t trying to fill the sea.
He wasn’t trying t… Read More
2014-07-12 05:00
Crisp and white, bars of light crept across the bedroom floor. I sighed and lifted the covers, awake after crawling to bed and not sleeping for five hours. I slouched to the window and lifte… Read More
2010-09-18 02:20
Friday at the dollar theater. Boys’ night out. Mommy at home, not disapproving of the box of Raisenets or bag of M&Ms.
We’re snuggling in the arctic chill of a movie theater… Read More
2010-07-01 01:44
On the tailgate of the truck parked next to our car was a bright, yellow ‘#1 Dad’. I pointed and shook my head, ‘Well, that’s just incorrect.’
Ian looked at me… Read More
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