Special Delivery

I woke up one Sunday morning to a knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a man standing on the porch with a gift in his hand. I thought it was odd because, who delivers packages on a Sunday morning? And, besides, I didn’t order anything. I explained to him he must […]

Wildflowers Dream

First part of the dream, Lennon came through a hole in the bottom of the bathroom vanity. He was covered in dust and dirt. I ran out yelling to Kevin that Lennon was alive and that the cat he buried must have been a neighborhood stray. Next. I was walking through the woods with the […]

If it gets me nowhere, i’ll go there proud

Like the pine trees lining the winding road I got a name, I got a name Like the singing bird and the croaking toad I got a name, I got a name And I carry it with me like my daddy did But I’m living the dream that he kept hid Moving me down the […]

veritas magis amicitiae

Moscow, March, 1886 My little Zabelin, I’ve been told that you have taken offense at gibes Schechtel and I have been making. The faculty of taking offense is the property of noble souls alone, but even so, if it is all right to laugh at Ivanenko, me, Mishka and Nelly, then why is it wrong […]