Södermalm"I'm going to get make him give you a super stiff drink," he said. "The stiffest possible drink, man. Just you wait." "Great. Stiff...
BighornFor about a year, Simone lived in a Wyoming town two hours south of Billings, on a straight line down 94 through the Crow Reservation....
After-School SnackThe kids arrived from school anxious and whiny. I make them a complex snack, per usual. Apple sauce warmed in the microwave. A scoop of...
LagoonHarold fell in the lagoon again on Saturday. Second time this summer. Or, well, I guess fall now. I took him for a walk in the park to...
Catskills NotesJay and the Americans performed "Brown Eyed Girl" one New Year's Eve, I think at the Fallsview Hotel. Or maybe that year was Kutscher's,...
FieldsSo. Thromar took the long way back from the factory one afternoon. A nice day with oblong puffs hanging in the sky above the flat...
Things PromisedHere is the transcription of my voice-recorded guidebook entry for Arches National Park, written in July, and dedicated to Wilma, who I...
Blue CollarBarbara makes this clicking sound with her tongue. Or maybe less of a clicking than a clucking. It’s how she announces displeasure with...
The Fish!Hawks aren't uncommon up in Westchester County. It seems like there are more ever year, in fact. They trace out lazy circular courses...
DescriptionJohn Milton the Cat weighed four ounces. He pawed and scratched the couches, the table legs, the bookshelves (bowed into slumping...