ON THE VERGE

When I take the dog for a walk, she stops to sniff at everything, sometimes yanking me backwards to follow a scent we’ve already passed. Lea...

The lady in front of us in line at the grocery store is having a love fest with the cashier. While my husband unpacks our cart, I watch the ...

I made up worlds  because the one I was living in was intolerable, scary, crazy. You could only take so much of it before you’d go crazy you...

First, I need to just get this out of the way: I don’t like the version of reality we all seemed to be trapped in, the one where the world i...

I forgot what I planted in the vegetable garden. I mean, I have a vague idea but not the particulars. Usually, I keep a little booklet, deta...

I wanted to light the cherries on fire, but it turns out I'd bought the wrong kind of accelerant. The recipe called for cherry brandy, b...

On the patio watering flowers, I saw a bird, and we both stopped and looked at each other. The bird was bright yellow, and it was funny how ...