Reclaiming California: Redlands And The Big Blue Sky
San Bernardino County is sort of the Twilight Zone of Southern California. It feels much more like the desert that it…
Reclaiming California: Swallow’s Day Parade
And so it goes to show, not unlike these swallows, those of us who are home in California are bound to it; unable to stay away no matter how we stray.
Devil Winds
Almost a work of fiction. Three thousand dollars a month. Three thousand divided by four weeks is seven hundred-fifty dollars a…
Falling Feels Like Flying, Part II
Then, for the first time in years, you called me one night while I was graphing calculus equations and asked me to go on a drive with you.
Falling Feels Like Flying, Part I
We sat on the swings, then, and you told me that you liked me because I had nice hair and because I was funny. You asked me to tell you why I liked you back.
Having Snow
A beautiful thought: the wanting to keep intact something cold and pure and white, something that reflects the morning light, something that puts a gentle hush on your world.
Some Things You Can’t Force
You are a sea and I am a sea. Beside me, I see the body of your water and throw my own against yours. But like that magic place off the Alaskan coast, from our meeting erupts a ridge of separation.
Coming Of Age In Five Beats
Most of the time it’s fine and I don’t think about it but, when I need someone to blame, I let myself remember you.
What If I’m Always The First To Leave?
I am hysterically frightened of investing myself in things that will be torn away from me. I am defensive.
A Review Of ‘Drinking And Driving’
Your relationship to the author is solidified and you want so badly to know him and to call the number he provides.