Lily
I don’t know how to write about Lily. She exists in two worlds — the world in which I imagine her as the son he…
In the House of Evi
NOTE: This is an unpublished excerpt of a longer work-in-progress. The address on Manny’s case file was for the only business in what passed for…
Iris
“Lady, hey, lady!” I hurried to wrangle the 25 pound tub of cat litter into my car before he could get closer. The parking lot…
The Raccoon
Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe, NM — Fall 2006 It was dead, that much was clear. Dead, but not bloodied or mangled, which was…
In the House of God
NOTE: This is an unpublished excerpt of a longer work-in-progress. He hadn’t been inside a church since… well, since he’d made himself no longer welcome.…
Some of Us
They tell us we’re all in this together.But some of us will stay home.Some of us will be stranded far from home.And some of us…
A Walk Through Luxembourg (July 2018)
In the summer of 2018, I returned to my native country of Luxembourg for the first time since I was five years old. It was…
The Camino de Santiago
In January of 2017, I walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain past the End of the World to Muxia, the ancient spiritual end of…
A Winter on the Oregon Coast
Walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain was one of the most profound experiences of my life. But it was also much more physically and…