As I sit on our backyard deck, I hear a rhythmic flopping noise coming from the church road that runs parallel to our property. There—a scruffy ...
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For Sylvia, Three Months Late
At 84, she was mowing her lawn in a dress and sun hat. We often met each other halfway, in the middle of the side street that divided our ...
On Compromise Street
The oldest house on Compromise Street was built in 1900. Two years ago on Compromise Street–rutted and barely paved, a forgotten street on ...
In My Backyard Today
Scout Picture of the Week
A year ago yesterday, I found Scout in the middle of Compromise Street in Pigspittle. Her eyes were infected, she was wet, and meowing like ...
A Sense of Place
I love maps. Topographical, road, flight maps, ancient there-be-dragon maps and modern maps with ever-changing borders. An elementary school ...
#4 in the Decade of Letting Go: The Haunting of Winter Trees
The haunting of winter trees. That’s what I remember, that’s the malignant image that steals my serenity each time I walk the woods ...
Post-Election Ennui
I’m plagued with ennui, I’ll admit it. Three weeks since the election and I still can’t focus on any single thing. In the ...
“A Tribute to Human Complexity”
I stumbled across George Packer’s* Interesting Times blog today. I was vaguely aware that he was “slumming” in Ohio to report ...
Winter in Pigspittle
With a fresh pile of wood and plenty of kindling from the post-Ike wind storm, I’m ready for winter. According to AccuWeather.com, this ...
Life Imitating Art
Where did the last four months go? I think I missed the blurry edges between summer and fall. One minute I was viewing the valley of retirees ...