Category: Non-fiction

The conference room was decorated in that sterile version of New England charm often found in banks and dentists’ offices, a family of ducks marching proudly around their wallpaper border in tiny straw hats. Old pewter kitchen utensils hung on the wall … Continue Reading

March: to tramp, trudge, protest, picket, advance, progress, step-out, strut, swagger JANUARY 21, 2017; THE CROWD is so jammed together that rocking foot-to-foot is difficult. On tiptoes, pink pussy hats blended the sea of heads into lilac, intersperse … Continue Reading

1. Rainbow Towels Here is Albert on the beach – black socks and yellow Crocs, two different rainbow towels wrapped around like blankets, one in orange and green and yellow stripes, the other in coalescing teardrops – blues, reds, and yellows. His hands … Continue Reading

The fox lopes away across the bronze and crackled grass, a red, white, and grey wild thing, undeniably untamed. I stand, dressed in my hurriedly thrown-on winter clothing, scarf askew and heels halfway into too-big boots. I stand and watch it saunter b … Continue Reading

At 10:00 PM the underground subway platform was tightly packed with Red Sox fans. It would take several trains arriving to clear the mass of people wanting to go home after a Sox victory. In the shadows at the far end of the platform, where the track d … Continue Reading