Fall arrived on a sneeze last Tuesday. Blue sky. Yellow Sun. Cool breeze. And the hint of burn on the leaves.
20 true words: BOGO
“Are you wearing rose-tinted glasses?” “Yes. I am. I paid good money for these, for the end of the world.”
20 true words: Mid-apocalypse,
our children are all bruised fruit. We, as mothers, yearn to remove their skin to wear–to love– them ripe again. Licensable1,124 Bruised Fruit Stock Photos …istockphoto.com Under the unsightly exterior, bruised fruit might contain better nutrition – Michigan Gardener
20 true words: What if Mozart had been born female?
Why is that so ludicrous? Is it harder to imagine him as her or to credit his genius as anonymous?
20 true words: messed up shit we do to kids
We pay them to sacrifice their teeth to a made-up fairy. Whose belief are we buying? What’s that even about?
20 true words: collecting joy
A bag of baby teeth, a button, a pack of shoe laces, a Sousa medal, and a black ball cap
20 true words: morning in my valley of wind
Amelie, a wagging beagle, the smell of hot horse and dry grass— gray sky tucked around me like damp cotton
20 true words: what one notices about her neighbors, part one
Who has back and crack hair Whose kid smokes pot and from which window Which septuagenarian wears frilly white underpants
20 true words: junk in my trunk
a potpourri of goldfish, crayons, and Thai fish sauce Charles Griffes a grubby little book about Evangelicals 16 used masks
20 true words: face it
DNA, like an invasive species, draws our epilogues onto our faces. You can bet your fat black watch on it.