The Surfers at Sagres

The Surfers at Sagres

Photo: amaianos from Galicia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons are a species all their ownamphibious, part Selkiegypsies of this watery realm               at the end of the worldworshippers of moon and tidesarriving in caravans, VW vanspiled high with boards and...
The Chicago Dog

The Chicago Dog

Photo: Aubrey Case “Order three-zero, you’re my hero!” The quirky words beckon me forward, and I mutter a quick thanks as I snag the brown paper bag from the counter. I am four, ten, seventeen, twenty years old eating my favorite food. There are neon signs and...
Sedona, AZ

Sedona, AZ

Photo: November Masinelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Once known for the colors of its cliffs,red sandstone contrasted with canyons of green trees, people photographtheir auras there now. I should have asked you to take a photograph with me,should have told...
Newbury, Vermont Village Common In a Time of Drought

Newbury, Vermont Village Common In a Time of Drought

Photo: redjar, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons She keeps failing to twirl a baton. She knows I’m watching her. She doesn’t look embarrassed. Her apparent composure confounds me. Some move through their lives at ease. She looks about five  years old. She doesn’t...