Moon
I lived nowhere near an ocean; I’d never seen a whale. But when I was young I believed the most impossible things. The sky was a whale wrapped around the earth and the moon its smiling eye. Some nights I… Read more ›
I lived nowhere near an ocean; I’d never seen a whale. But when I was young I believed the most impossible things. The sky was a whale wrapped around the earth and the moon its smiling eye. Some nights I… Read more ›
“What’s made you who you are today?” “Adversity,” Randy answers, and smiles. Randy cuts an unimposing figure. He’s discretely built, even a bit stooped, but there is a quiet gravity to his presence. Randy is the sort of person who, in… Read more ›
2021 Edit: When I read this essay now, there are parts that make me cringe. For most of my adult life, I have been seeking to understand and make peace with the formative conditions of my childhood. This essay is… Read more ›