I curl closer. Locking my arms around his middle. Tucking my chin down around the bend in his neck. Finding warmth from this freezing. Neighbors laughing. Stories of bears. Shivers camping around my extremities… Keeping me awake. Marshmallows still lay on the picnic table from the evening before. The coals now separated. Alone. Cold. Much like […]
The Northwest is known for rain. Anyone who lives here, knows it’s no myth that it rains, non-stop, constantly, about ten months of the year. In winter, people hide indoors. Seasonal Effective Disorder is a condition plaguing our little corner of the nation. Isolation. Sadness. Depression. Hibernation. Many here have had it. I have had it. […]
I get the call. “She is dead.” I reel for breathe and step back, to keep myself from swaying over at the shock of it all. “Really?” I question. Racking my brain to think, “What’s the date? Is this April’s fools day? Is there cameras hidden watching me? Am I on some reality t.v.?” But, even […]