Bottle Episode
Yesterday, as I was beginning to write this, a fly filled the room.
Yesterday, as I was beginning to write this, a fly filled the room.
Technically my third home, but my memories begin here.
The episodes are short stories, and, like short stories, they have the boldness to be small, specific, uncomfortable, or shamelessly tender.
But I will often retrace the roads and words I’ve taken and exhale, exultant.
When I got lonely, I would express that feeling by writing about geography, current events, and my personal life, outlining the ways those forces contributed to that loneliness.
Remember when Grandma, a model of self-restraint, shrieked so loudly you could hear her from across the lake?
The laughter flowed freely, as if the devastation of the last few days had dammed it up until it burst from us all at once.
Kindle patience within when the spark of impulse bursts upon me.
Like most people around the world, I have not attended a live performance in months.
Looking around the space, a constellation of memories appear.