Inflatable Christmas Yoda
Yoda and I share a moment on a morning walk. You can find the full text of this wee piece in Beautiful Things, the weekly online micro essay magazine of the creative nonfiction journal River Teeth.
Diapause
Lonely COVID downward spiral meets weird interest in bugs that overwinter in my home, and Scott Kelly, the man who spent a year in space, helps me pull it all together in the end.
Searching for Lost Things
In this segmented essay, dreams, both the day and night kind; stories of father loss; and musings on the meaning of home culminate in an unexpected find. Johnny Carson, Billy Joel and burning houses all make an appearance.
Praying to a God About a Father
My dubious spiritual formation and stepfather trouble get all tangled up in this piece, and yet I eventually find a way to reconcile with both.
