Around Troupsburg The night unwinds its skein of silver-blue wool around the moon and trains its face to glow upon...
Ninety feet beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, in the inky dark of night, hovering just above a reef...
The July afternoon suspends thick, golden haze drifting from the wildfires out west. I heft a 50-pound bag of cattle...
His hands, held close to his chest, are formed into fists, in which he clutches lumps of grass, as if...
Date: 2031/08/23 Project: 4957dbfj (Group #1) Introduction: The focus group consists of six millennials; three males, two females, and...
THE PARLOR is a new series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can...
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me...
Rite of Passage In Bali, it’s the filing of the canines to limit boys’ wild adolescence. Among Cameroon’s Baka Pygmies...
Not a speck of cloud. No sign of rain. Second year in a row. Kishan looked up at the blazing...
Of Quicksilver (after Robert Frost) One year, at the caravan park where my grandparents and I spent part of each...
Walking In The Dark Specialist appointments don’t wait for chickens to wake, so I walk to the coop before dawn...
Backhoe Bob sat in the gas-station diner with the Sheriff, who also happened to be named Bob. Locals have been...