The Hidden Hour
Charlotte HamrickPets, nature, the writing life, & other random ephemera. “Inspiration is the unforseen quality, the muse that assails at the hidden hour.” —— Patti Smith
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Ideas/Facts/Allegations
The night we understood set off
inside us an emergency, we walked
in water groggily zigzagging between
reason and confusion. Impossible
things were happening, all of them
ghastly and horrifying.
To witness was power,
to believe was a...
A Bittersweet Pilgrimage
The following essay was first published in 2021 in Love in the Time of Covid: A Chronicle of a Pandemic, edited by Michelle Elvy and Witi Ihimaera. Excerpt from “Dog Moon” by Dorianne Laux used with permission.
A Bittersweet Pilgrimage...
May Listopia 2026
It’s been a rainy, rainy month in New Orleans, which is normal for May. Several of the grand floods since I’ve lived here were in May. My first experience with flood waters was when I walked in almost knee-high water, struggling to hold on...
Water, Altars, and Other Worries
In the late 90s I worked for a medical practice alongside several women, one of whom was a Vietnamese immigrant. She and I shared an office. She was the medical assistant and I was the insurance collector. As you probably know, close relati...
Offset Melodies
Photo by me
Offset Melodies
Each morning stretches hot and indifferent. The girl works in the vegetable garden among the runner bean plants, twining the pliant tendrils around bean poles. The newly born plants that emerged from dry brown...
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Writer, editor, reader published in literary places. Mississippi raised, New Orleans adopted x4o+ years. ⚜️ Founding Editor SugarSugarSalt Lit | Managing Editor Reckon Review.
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