There isn’t much by way of furnishing in the Queen’s imprisonment room. There’s a little white bed, a rather ornate loveseat, and a dresser. There’s a large crazy quilt displayed under Plexiglas, it’s beautiful and sad, but not as sad as the little Chinese birdcage that stands empty on top of the dresser. Queen Liliuokalani …
It is easy, with a handful of years behind us, to say that on September 11, 2001, everything changed. It is easy to look back and see ourselves shifted into shadow and grief as though in that one horrible moment, something black crossed in front of the sun. And for some it is true, it …
They all turned and looked when we walked into the diner. It wasn’t unfriendly, I think they just wanted to see who we were. We weren’t the neighbors or the shopkeeper’s kids or that guy’s wife, the one he brought in from Billings, we weren’t anyone, so the entire place, which stopped, for a blink …
It’s not completely abandoned. Even though the arched windows and doors of the church are covered with plywood, there’s a hand written cardboard sign nailed to the fence. “Please keep the cemetery neat. Garbage pickup is on [too blurry from water damage to read].” The air is cold and the sky is blue. There wind …
First, there’s a pair of crows stalking their long strides across the lawn. They are followed by a flock of starlings and for a few minutes, the lawn is covered in birds, there must be forty or fifty of them. A few minutes later, it’s like a timer has gone off and the starlings have …
Suggested music for this post: Soul Meets Body. Death Cab. No, I’m NOT “getting over” Death Cab. Stop telling me it’s time. The past few nights I’ve been dreaming about Europe. I wake up thinking of Germany or Italy or someplace I know is Europe but can’t quite identify. Last night I was standing in …