Land of Lincoln
I saw Lincoln last night. Here’s my review: everyone should see it. For lots of reasons, not the least of which is the eerie way Daniel Day Lewis disappears into […]
I saw Lincoln last night. Here’s my review: everyone should see it. For lots of reasons, not the least of which is the eerie way Daniel Day Lewis disappears into […]
When she was small, Christmas meant the smell of cinnamon-scented candles, a tree with lights that shone steadily and all white without even one twinkle, and wearing a scratchy dress […]
It’s a mild day, the sunlight lying easily on the olive green hills that I am preparing to run. For a person from the Midwest whose memories are of green […]
Keeer ki ki shurrrr She dreamed of food. She always did, these days. Pork chops and creamed corn. Hamburgers with concentric rings of onion, thick rounds of tomato. Long skinny […]
She smelled him the moment she walked in the door. It wasn’t as bad as yesterday, though. Maybe I should leave, go out tonight. The thought streaked through her mind, […]
Daddy made me show him the place. You couldn’t tell nothing about what happened but for that stick. It had some of my blood on it but Daddy didn’t notice. […]
One day he found a girl in his lunch. She was wearing a blue dress, the skirt stuffed and tied into a round soft ball pierced with dozens of straight pins, as if she’d been shot by dozens of Indians small as herself.
Barbara Warren competed in the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii 13 times, finishing in the top 5 of her age group eight times, and winning her age group in […]
Over the past decade (my fourth), 4th of July has become less of a holiday for me, and more a symbol – it represents the midpoint of summer, a tangible […]
Not long ago I watched a movie about extreme skiers and snowboarders. I know many good skiers. I know backcountry skiers, skiers who think double black diamonds are a […]