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I REMEMBER I remember how I felt when I passed Embudo last Friday on the way to Taos. I remember the urge to stop and reclaim myself. I remember ..

Writing is a Great Way to Cure Resentment

The Festival When I awoke the sun was up and Billy Haney was banging on the door. “Mama says come down for breakfast before she drives us t..

Between Semesters I picked up the mug and before I could even form the thought of throwing it I was watching it fly across the room narrowly miss..

Experimenting with writing short fiction from the dramatic exterior.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Grandmama If she kisses me on both cheeks before her dry lips brush my hair. If she takes my hand and pulls me to her table and places a cu..

For my husband

After hearing Mark Strand�s Elegy for my Father

The Comforter (I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:18) I pause in the midst of my busywork and look up. Outside, in..