It was summer 2002. The year before I lost my innocence totally and irrevocably; the year before I became a parent. The losses of innocence started early on, likely predating even my toddler remembrances. But this was the first public verbal instance. We were at […]
She has the luxury of grandparenting. At one remove, able to see what I could be doing better. Able to give the advice I’ve tried to impart over years, in those five minutes making a cup of tea, not looking at the angsty one. And […]
02.10.2020 Yesterday I heard a man cutting down a tree. The consistent thud wasn’t placeable until I moved the curtain, barrier to the outside, and located the death tap. A lady walked up the path beside the now fallen tree, skirting it without a backward […]