The first time I visited Washington was in the spring of 2004. My sister was moving to Walla Walla and so I decided to fly out with her on my spring break. At the time, it was significantly less expensive to fly into Pasco rather than Walla Walla, and so […]
Transitions, like growth spurts bring with them awkward uncertainties — Teeth too large to fit in mouths too small, Heads sitting higher as we find ourselves in allocations unfamiliar, terrain unknown — The in-between places less like autumn and more like adolescence. But like a season transitions will transcend and […]
The first time I met Bennington Lake was the late summer of 2008. At the time I still lived in the Midwest, and I was visiting my sister. It was the first week of September and so the trails were covered in what I have come to recognize as the […]
I used to wonder at this burning And think, “I must not let it burn so hot I must contain my fire— So much damage can it do. — A fire left unchecked? We should better put it out.” But what I did not realize Was that no one could […]
...given the weather presently, I thought I would take a moment to write down my reasons for why I'm doing this challenge. Because, seriously, if I don't have a why-- I'm going to crawl back into bed and spend the rest of the day reading.
Greetings Octoberians! (Is that a word? My brief surfing through google indicates that it might be, but also seems to indicate that it refers to either a.) people born in October or b.) people graduating in October. It’s unclear. Nonetheless, I am evoking the word simply to indicate ‘those of […]