When the dust of a busy morning settles I head to my blue room with a cup of tea in hand. ‘My‘ being the correct term as no one in our house is under the illusion that it is theirs. The blue room contains a fireplace and bookshelves that bump their heads on the ceiling.Continue reading “Solicitude”
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Belonging
I stood in my parent’s garage with tears streaming down my face. I was drenched in sweat and the ache of loss that had finally bubbled to the surface after two long years away from home and since my grandmother had died. I was surrounded by an armada of boxes with my grandmother’s belongings heldContinue reading “Belonging”
Firmament to Fin
The current of the Gulf’s familiar waters slapped against our yellow boat, with a lulling cadence as we drifted quietly off shore. The tiny boat was a speck of bright yellow in a swirling sea of blue, like Vincent’s starry night. In the near silence we scanned the water searching the firmament for fins. AContinue reading “Firmament to Fin”