(photo by Posy Quarterman) I have been trying to figure out how to preserve some of this writing (print it?…
A Million Ways, Wrecked
Paul and I had hoped for what the adoption industry refers to an "open adoption". Wait. Let me rephrase that:…
This Moment
I started listening to Victoria Williams in college, thanks to some folk savvy friends and needing to cut my time…
The Unbearable Whiteness of (My) Being. On Words.
Talking about race as a white, middle-ish class, woman is super fun. So why do it? *** We have this…
start small. build.
This child. She is the light that gets Manny up in the morning. She manages to twist Augie’s arm.…
Stop Gap
(Manny took the top one, August took the bottom one) Somehow, in the next few weeks, I will have…
Six Months and On (Some Baby)
(Pola by Ann McGarry. Of course.) We are closer to Truly's seventh month, than her sixth, but you know– six…
a word about the A word
We had Augie’s final court date this morning. We appeared by phone from Oregon to Florida, which was strange and…
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