My mother bought clothes to make herself feel good. She imagined herself being invited to a dinner party at a house...
The Last Farm Stand She comes laden across the bay, and I am halfway down the hill to the ferry...
“Milking Cows and Throwing Curves” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton....
The way I met Calhoun, I was sitting in the bar, the only bar we have in town. At the...
I used to tell myself that it was the August heat that drew me away from that tarmacadam road and into the...
“Bucolia” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton. Learn more about the...
Darkroom The past would seem to exist beneath a red light behind a door seldom opened save to revisit photographs...
One Joe Dell, sitting on a basswood stump, looked at the dirty handkerchief, now bloody, that he had wrapped just...
It was the second day that Kate and her father walked beans. They had been out since seven a.m. to...
My favorite inheritance is the green toy metal shovel. Also, the elfin-like ski-toed leather booties. Also, the pair of snowshoes,...
Foraging Pluck purslane and plantain for salad, shred it small so it slides by skeptics, know you’re kneeling in Eden...
