December 26, 2019
Flooded
The car lay upturned in the ditch. The headlights continued to shine through the packed trees, illuminating the tangles of vines, the moss-speckled…
December 25, 2019
Newgarden
"In gardens, germaniums essentially rot. Never increasing, growing, germinating: ever regressing, never idle." --- George Grant, English Rhymes "New,…
December 25, 2019
A Christmas Story, a True One
Christmas. A time for Santa, presents, infrequently Jesus, and for a number of tortured souls, rehearsals. This is a time for Tchaikovsky to be…
December 24, 2019
די פּאַסטוכער
The moon hung low on the horizon gliding among icy white caps of winter clouds. Pearlescent stars twinkled in a sea of the darkest Tyrian purple as…
December 23, 2019
A Sigh from the Depths, Part 3
VII. Walking down low burning streets lit aglow by half-empty bars, people trailing in and out, in front of and behind us, everything soaked and…
December 22, 2019
City
The stars were bright, much brighter than they used to be. It was probably because the city wasn’t polluting the sky with light. It was cold out,…
December 22, 2019
Picasso is in Your Soup
Peggy was listening to Bing Crosby’s Christmas carols and grinding pepper over the puré when she heard the front door open. “César?” she called,…
December 21, 2019
From the Prayer Book of the Ant, Such a Dreamy Promethean Letter, Amid Pearls of Winged Muses
Like Amphora I, Adam, an admirable adolescent-ant with some acumen as well as with the propitious admiration, without the apples, am adhering to an…
December 20, 2019
It’s a Great Candela, Charlie Brown!
The Quintessential "Sorry, Oprah" Puff Piece Marvel at the spectacle, this great memorial o’ mine, tall and basks in the center of a concrete slab in…
December 19, 2019
The Suits
"And I wouldn't worry too much about those silly rolls of tape they keep on their table either." said Marco. "Probably some weird prank, probably.…