Dead branches and tree trunks lay wasted and aging in woods or forests with tiny holes within jagged lines penetrating the wood. Holes created by the larva of beetles found in random groupings that hatch into grubs and feed on their host. The cycle repeats itself as the wood rots…

Saturday afternoon, and I’m feeling good. The ‘brains zaps” have dissipated for the most part. I’m 22 days off of anti-depressants. Weird, I know, right? Especially since several of my friends are going on them for the first time, and with the pandemic and whatnot, it might seem for most…

Last night while cleaning the kitchen and loading the dishwasher, I listened to The Moth on my local public radio station, KPFK; not something I usually do. There was something familiar sneaking into my consciousness. Something that had been missing for some time. I found myself relating to the stories…

Wallace I Today was a perfect day to die. Or so he thought. After looking for a belt or tie to hang himself with, he decided that accessorizing with a noose in his closet was outside his comfort zone. He headed out the door. …

Maybe it started when my parents divorced or later while living with my grandparents wondering when my mother would return or more likely in high school when puberty left me confused, lonely, never able to fit in. I’d wait. By the window. Hours would go by, way past the appointed…

In the beginning there was corn. Acres and acres of corn. As far as the eye could see. To be fair there was also a good bit of alfalfa, summer wheat, rye, and soybeans. But mainly, all you could see, because of it’s great height, was corn. With the exception…