Birdsong

I sometimes sit for hours—hours—doing absolutely nothing but turning my gaze from flower, to dog, to bird, to tree. It is the only time and the only place in the world now that I feel...

Annie Cotten

Atlanta via New Orleans via New York via Portland via New York via Florida via New York via San Francisco via Jackson (Mississippi). I am a climbing vine, escaping over fences and roaming...

Summer Loss

Leslie’s loss feels like the worst kind of summer; like an oppressive, heavy, unbearably uncomfortable August; like you can’t breathe, like the bright sun isn’t pleasant at all, but...