A black phoebe lands on my dying yard of crab grass, flies off when I shift on my lounge, returns when I settle back down. Waits for the feeder to be filled. Chickadees trapeze on the avocado branches, stationed to swoop. Two...
Mother Teresa said, “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” Truman Capote took it a step further as it applied to writing when he said, “Any work of art, provided it springs from a...
“Screw the coyotes,” Suki said. “I want to see the meteor shower.” She grabbed her jacket, flicked the farm lights off, and slipped out the door. It was true that with the drought things came down from...
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have
– James Baldwin
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