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Nonfiction, Memoir, Fabulist Fiction & Poetry
This fellow here is my nephew, Lucas Richard Perkins. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Luke died last November after a 30-year battle with Cystic Fibrosis. And believe me, he gave the bastard a beating. Cystic Fibrosis, life itself, and that thing we… Continue Reading “It’s Alive!”
“What a year” has become so cliché that no one is saying it much anymore; we merely give one another that look and move on. We all know where we’ve been, at least to some degree. No need to belabor the point. Like many… Continue Reading “Coping with All that’s Been”
I’m sorry to have been away for a couple of days. Like the rest of you, I’m dealing with the Corvid-19 threat as best as possible, but refocusing my efforts into wiping down surfaces, taking an inventory of what we have, what we need,… Continue Reading “World Tour – Intermission”
I don’t listen to music while I write, mostly because it distracts me. Let a song come on that I know and like, and my head veers away from the work like a train shunted onto a different track. I prefer things quiet, the… Continue Reading “G-L-O-R-I-A”
(Caveat: A different version of this essay appeared elsewhere, long ago and far away.) It’s almost impossible for me to pass up an interesting consignment store, second-hand shop, or flea market. I love trolling for treasure because I never know what I’ll find. Sometimes… Continue Reading “The Art of Appreciation”
Melissa Crandall 