The Refugee’s Roots
If you ask me How many houses I have changed till now, I would not reply. But I can tell you About the comforts…
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A day more beautiful
Photo: Sorbie Farm, Salem, OH, Hanna Family Archives (circa 1958) It was a day, her uncle said, more beautiful than it had any right…
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Suspicious origins
I’ve sampled enough random plants in the woods to learn an important lesson: if it doesn’t taste good, don’t eat it. Just a small…
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Alabama and Siberia
A version of this piece was previously published on TCK TOWN in 2017. Some people say home is where you come from. I disagree. I…
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Patterns of migration
She never ceased to wonder at the incredible power of birds for adaptation. These had flown perhaps a thousand miles from the South to…
Read Moreyour sun’s what they come for/ when they come for you
i. I silence sun only in the desert seams increase the difference degrees between night and day horizons shrivel squinting oasis our symbols sand…
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Just a block away from seven figures
here’s a moment in the evenings in northern California when you can feel the heat of the day let go: after dinner, before sunset….
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