Lent 2023 - Murrelets

Annaslatia put down her pencil and squeezed her eyes shut. She always did this when she was listening deeply. She could almot - ALMOST - hear it: the…

I had to ponder on this one a little bit and wait the extra day to know for sure. So many memories of my youth has disappeared. So many memories of m…

At fifteen I worked for a real estate office as a secretary in Cicero, Illinois. After about a year, the owner went to a bar and two men walked him o…

A letter to the LA Times: I am not surprised that “we” cannot “succeed” - either at “caring first” or at “quitting fossil fuels”. Both tasks are monu…

The children´s photo albums. Gone. The first ultrasound scans of the bean-like shape in my womb. My belly, getting bigger and bigger. Pictures of the…

Two ring-necked pheasants live in the ravine behind my home. Or maybe they only make appearances there and live somewhere else. I caught a glimpse …

I met my wife in the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans. We held hands in Episcopal services, at UCC worship, and in so many other churches as we sought…

Someone praised me in my sleep for singing, but where is the plot of that dream? Why did I recall the praise suddenly in the car driving home from th…