Restlessness accompanies me on the sojourn today – unfazed by ripe red belly of robin, or shimmering emerald of breeding merganser’s crown. My lens seeks out decay – rotting wood, darkened cavities – as if my soul craves reassurance that life persists even where death hovers – I need a sign. Discontent, I move on […]
“What happens after death?” she asked one Sunday, her long, thin body, stretched weakly across the settee, her cousin, balancing his dinner plate at her feet. Sundays they came together – all the family – for Grandmother’s dinners – the warm waft of fresh-baked pies, the clank of dishes, and voices raised over the old farm table. He […]