The Return of the Ducks
On homecoming — theirs and mine — and the land that holds us all without distinction.
Recollections
The Snapper That Would Not Die
On the negotiable boundary between life and what comes after it.
Science Fiction Horror in a Suburban Garage
On parasitism, possession, and the collector who became the collected
A Portrait of Uncommon Beauty
Beauty need not announce itself to be profound
The Shady History of Our Family Tree: Our Norway Maple
Connecting George Washington, Jung, Micro-bursts, Fungal Tar Spots, Slavery, and Germanic Folklore
Memory of a Gordian Knot
When I was sixteen years old, I had an emergency appendectomy. But that’s not what I want to write about. This is about my father. After the surgery, decades ago, I ended up on my back for several days and wasn’t allowed to sit up. At the time