One day last week I was overwhelmed (more than just one day, really), so I went out to the yard, found a tree frog, stared for about an hour. She (I could tell by the white throat) stared at me, too. We didn’t talk. (Did she know me as I did her, Hyla versicolor? (and why should she have? I do not know the names mountains and rivers call themselves.)) I fed her a caddisfly; she plucked it, alive, from my fingers.

do not say more or less never let precision devolve into mere accuracy clarity of language always beats metaphor if the sound of his footsteps on the porch requires an act of imagination to quicken your heart well it’s easier to live alone anyway

is a lifetime “How was your day?” Fine. It was a day. Are you hungry? “I thought we could just have some of last night’s chicken.” Sounds good to me. I love you. “I love you.” An owl screeches in the rainy twilight Gray foxes pounce on a vole Fireflies mate on the windowsill Nothing good on TV We hold hands and stare for awhile smiling together then go to bed without moments for regret

… and other syllables. A general collection of my life on Medium, minus most of the conversational non-story bits. The Poems Not too far from the order in which they were published.medium.com Fictions medium.com Essays Also commentary and personal notes of a more … poetic … nature.medium.com

Also commentary and personal notes of a more … poetic … nature. Rosie I don’t have any pictures.medium.com The Hoard The sun reflects back onto my front door as a shimmering fish-tail, a double half Moon, slender ornament to the…medium.com Money The discussion of money is fraught, and I begrudge no one in their judgement of it. Still, I have had it a special…medium.com An Illuminist Manifesto? In Which there is Not a Discussion invoking Herbert Marcuse, and The Dialectic of Enlightenment provides a calming air…medium.com

Tesseract An ornament of sorts, all lines convergedmedium.com In a Teacup (Σε ένα φλυτζάνι τσαγιού)theweeklyknob.com By his acts “Take a sprig of his favorite flower — ” “Goldenrod: Done!” Jenny read further: “ — and place it in a small glass vase…theweeklyknob.com The Rescue If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had…theweeklyknob.com

Not too far from the order in which they were published. Pictures. When I was little (I tell myself) we lived in California. I grew up in Oregon.medium.com Best There are the best days And the other best days Hot and a little bit lost and dry And you are farmedium.com Roots “Home is the place where, if you have to go there, they have to take you in.” — Robert Frostmedium.com Aliens I try. God, I try so hard. “You’re like Mr. Spock,” he said. “You look so human, but it’s like you don’t have…medium.com

Other times I am agnostic. Sometimes, I believe in mysticism. Other times I am atheistic. Joe Varadi, Jack Preston King, and marjorie steele. Thank you all for contributing to a great thread (that I am not commenting on because I cannot read the initiating article* (something I intend to remedy soon, but cannot; funds are…

For Abbie Because I just read her story “Wedding Toast”. And if I must pay to read such gorgeous, timely, brilliant writing … well, I will.