Like most Americans I’ve now read and heard and read some more about Governor Romney dismissing 47% of the nation.   There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government,… Read full post »

Gray gargoyles peer down through silver mist contemplating the shimmering centuries swirling below

Circular arrondissments marking time from center, mysterious tunnels twist like roots

The gregarious train station, people rushing to catch a transient engine, now flocking to behold endur… Read full post »

All you really need to know about my mother is that red is her favorite color and she deploys it judiciously.  If you understand this you understand my mother. 

For her red is ripe berries and possibility.  It is the color of passion and perseverance.  Mom’s understanding o… Read full post »

Mom says we live out in the country.  Dad refers to it as the “boondocks”.  When asked where I live I tell people I live in unincorporated, because that’s what the post office says and they’re the government.  And while no township or city limits have yet laid c… Read full post »

It is a filtered and fluttering light.  Gray and golden.  Soft and unassuming.  My unfocused eyes strain, struggling to understand where I am.  My brain rushes from the dream and all it’s details, kicking into gear.  Revving up.  Where am I?  My fingertips pus/… Read full post »