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May 2018

May 29, 2018

Mother’s House

Mother’s house is not a house. Mother’s house is not a cave. Mother’s house is...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

The Ghosts of Home

When I visit my family in northern Minnesota, I find myself on the same roads...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

The Prophet of Uninterrupted Complaint

I am grateful for deadlines, even when I have little time, or only brief windows...

March 2016

March 07, 2016

The Abandoned, Broken, and Burned

By the time you read this, inshallah, we will have the new dishwasher purchased and...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Drive-By Memory

My first memory takes place in Lakewood, CA, a small suburb south of Los Angeles....

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Precious Things Come from Staying

Joan Didion’s family, she says, are a tribe of leavers. In her 2004 book Where...

November 2015

November 05, 2015

The Odyssey: Homer’s Retort to Current U.S. Policy

Are you as numb to news of war as I am? We the American public...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

Where’s the Guilt?

I’ve had the experience of dealing with renters from time to time, though more in...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

His Murderer and His Keeper

Some days I can’t remember: Am I Abel or Cain? Blackberry soda in the afternoon...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

A House Blessed

The doorbell rang around 11:00 a.m. My hubby George and I were both upstairs. “Can...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

Blow on the Coal of the Heart

I light the first candle of Advent. We have no wreath. This is our first...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Living on the Threshold

Guest Post By Elizabeth Kalman My house sits on the edge of a salt marsh...