Aug 15, 2021
Startled. That’s how many of Mike’s dozens and dozens of friends, fellow teachers, former students, and youth group members first feel when they come to visit. It’s not the hospital bed, or the smell of disinfectant, or even my brother’s appearance in these last few...
Oct 12, 2020
I’m up for a morning walk among the juniper trees, the dry cool air suddenly warmed by a rising breeze as the edge of Frijoles Canyon gathers and reflects the sun’s heat. My tennis shoes are scuffing up dust into the yellow, gray, and green ankle-high brush the mule...
May 15, 2020
When the CDC started telling us to wear face masks when we went shopping, I stopped going to the grocery store. I didn’t want to walk into Kroger looking like I was there to rob the place. Or scare children. Or look like I was pretending to be a doctor or a...
Apr 18, 2020
I woke up this morning thirsty, but I didn’t know for what. Drank a Diet Pepsi. The bracing burn of those bubbles on a dry drowsy throat opened my eyes a little wider but didn’t slake the thirst. The rising sun was growing shadows on the dining...
