Over or Under?

Ti’i.  Habits and Hurts If you visit our home, you can tell who last replaced the roll of toilet paper by which way the paper hangs. If my husband Rich placed the roll on the spindle, the tissue flows over the top of the roll. If I did it, the paper hangs under the roll.  […]


Over or Under?

Ti’i.  Habits and Hurts If you visit our home, you can tell who last replaced the roll of toilet paper by which way the paper hangs. If my husband Rich placed the roll on the spindle, the tissue flows over the top of the roll. If I did it, the paper hangs under the roll.  […]


Right out Loud

 Wireless. August, 2011. Desperation and Wireless Communication I was only five the day my mother and I encountered the raving man downtown. He ambled towards us, sneakers soft-shoeing along the sidewalk, howling in indignation. He walked alone. “Mommy,” I piped, “Who’s he talking to?” Mom shushed me. He continued along towards us. Suddenly one alert […]


The Land of the Living

Grandson Cadence Pushing the Button to Take Us 500 Feet Underground. Hoover Dam, July, 2011. Inoculated With Faith I’ll never be a spelunker. Or a scuba diver. I’d rather remain on the earth’s surface, in the presence of fresh air. I don’t panic when I’m underground, but a faint anxiety wriggles within me like a […]


>The Land of the Living

> Grandson Cadence Pushing the Button to Take Us 500 Feet Underground. Hoover Dam, July, 2011. Inoculated With Faith I’ll never be a spelunker. Or a scuba diver. I’d rather remain on the earth’s surface, in the presence of fresh air. I don’t panic when I’m underground, but a faint anxiety wriggles within me like […]