“Everything matters more than we think it does, and, at the same time, nothing matters so much as we think it does. The merest spark may set all Europe in a blaze, but though all Europe be set in a blaze twenty times over, the world will wag itself right again.” — Samuel Butler
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My Friend Rhonda and I have known each other since seventh grade homeroom. If you need a measure, that’s almost 40 years. There are few who have traveled so far with me, not many who know my story better…and no one who could be more my opposite. Rhonda and I stand pretty firmly at opposing […]
Having recently fallen apart myself, I reeked of paper and pencil dust when I told him there were days I was still surprised to find legs carrying me to the mailbox. His doctor told him to seek solace, connect with friends. Mine said simply: “Breathe” I’d been blessed to locate a lung without the heart […]
She tells me there is no escape from this. It’s in my genes. And while she goes on about brains and chemistry and the natural proclivity of species to procreate, I wonder… Do birds redefine the space between wings to accommodate a change in flight so late in the season? Do bees make sacrifices in […]
