Freight Train Tendencies
Like the little playground dictator I was, I responded, “Yes, you do. Here is your role.”
Adventures in Amateur Birdwatching
Downy Woodpecker & Hairy Woodpecker: I can’t tell these guys apart and I don’t believe that you can either.
I Keep Telling On Myself In Fiction
I got to a certain point in all of them and had to go, “This is about religious trauma, isn’t it?”
When Nazis Come Knocking
When every second feels like an eternity while simultaneously flashing by as fleeting as lightning, there’s no time to check the book.
Things Left Undone
You have come so far. But have you done well enough?
Peach Season
Summer feels syrupy thick and cloying, on the edge of overripe.
Shared Blips
I collect these moments, these small intimacies with strangers, shoring up an evidence base of my own existence and its overlap with others’.
Does Everyone’s Honda Accord Have a Hyperspace Button, Or Just Mine?
Wandering snowflakes on their descending pilgrimages can hold a remarkable resemblance to the contorted stars of hyperspace.
The Best Thing in Taiwan
It may be a little reckless and a little dumb, but that’s the point.
Suburgatory
Parking in the furthest spot away in the parking lot is not scratching my walking-everywhere-itch.
