"But there was one Elephant—a new Elephant—an Elephant’s Child—who was full of ‘satiable curtiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions."
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August is Mine Alone
I won’t say I have a favorite month, because there are several months, or rather, parts of seasons, that I am fond of for particular reasons.
One seasonal bit I am fond of is the August bit of summer. It is usually the month when I finall...
The Dreaded Closet
I started writing this post in a narrative, chronological style, beginning with why I needed to put things into the front closet in the first place, and describing the stuff that needed to be stashed there.
I’ve erased the draft because I...
Movie Night at Boarding School
We had movie night at the dorm each week, and we watched movies chosen by our dorm mother and father. Sometimes they were light: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, with the bed scenes fast-forwarded.
“Wait,” any reader might object, “There’s no sex...
Percival's Chimes and Other Harbingers Of Normal
As of several days ago, our 100-year-old mechanical clock, Percival, is once again ticking in the living room and chiming the hours and the half-hours.
It fell silent the first week of John’s hospitalization last fall, but now John has re...
Some Positions My Cat Has Taken
Frontal smooshing:
PyCATorem theorem:
Full ventral deployment:
Piped frosting:
Cha-cha probably:
This Substack operates on a freewill donation model, with a suggested subscription of just $30/year. Nobody is denied access to cat phot...
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I grew up in Liberia, West Africa, the child of missionaries, and now live in Wisconsin. I write about my faith, about my childhood in Africa, and about grief that has no home. I've had a few poems published. I also really love writing about cars.
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