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While you were gone, I searched the internet looking for something to warm us both in these miserable times. Away from home, I couldn’t finger the edges of my cookbooks, some of them now chewed clean off by the 60-lb puppy whose existence has rounded out the world of my familiars, past and present. We […]
MoreHow to Cook a Wolf “Use as many fresh things as you can, always, and then trust to luck and your blackout cupboard and what you have decided, inside yourself, about the dignity of man.” – MFK Fisher. My title is perhaps disarming, as I allude to something more culinary than literary. I want to […]
MoreIf you dream of me like I dream of you. In a place that’s warm and dark. In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart. Remembering your touch your kiss your warm embrace. I’ll find my way back to you, if you’ll be waiting. — Tracy Chapman, “The Promise” Perhaps […]
MoreIn the wake of national events involving Universities and their Presidents, I think it’s important that I sit down tonight and write you a letter. Your comment to the press in response to past statements about LGBTQI people have really been on my mind of late. I am inclined to believe that you responded with […]
MoreBynam, North Carolina is a town that you can literally look the other way while going through and miss entirely. In the town center, what was once a general store/post office, is now a local venue for small events showcasing new southern music and arts. Food trucks with gelato, hotdogs and eastern-style BBQ are parked […]
MoreHast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Job 39:19 accident How dare I write to you about accident before love . . . The auto correct for oxycodone is oxymoron. I will have to tell friends that my trouble is not a literary one. The ground comes up quickly […]
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