The Distance I Could Carry

The Distance I Could Carry

Photo: Nate Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons   After the engagement ended I pointed my little Mazda east and started driving. Pennsylvania highways unspooled beneath me like a dare. In Philadelphia I walked through rooms where men once argued themselves...
A Time to Seek and a Time to Lose

A Time to Seek and a Time to Lose

“New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery – Boscawen NH” by Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos, CC BY 2.0  On September 20th I drove with my mom, grandmother and grandfather 40 minutes away to the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery. It was mostly a silent ride. My grandfather...
With apologies to the deer on I-76

With apologies to the deer on I-76

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A hard November, again on a Tuesday,where office workers pass out holiday wish lists,(chain restaurant gift cards are good presents,and often requested as a small prize for a weekdone well). Traffic hums 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...