I’m done with teaching, so now my days are spent looking for work in Boston, and then packing things into boxes. We gave away the piano today, and now the corner of the house is missing its warm friend. I stacked our empty boxes there and they keep catching my eye; they don’t belong. It’s [...]
I parked next to the semi truck unloading at the liquor store, and made trips to the dumpster to collect empty boxes. My hair was dripping with sweat from the run I had just taken. I picked up boxes of “lite” margarita mix and honey-laced bourbon. It was hot, and the air smelled sweet. A [...]
When I first got engaged a friend told me that this would be the happiest part of our relationship. In ways, she’s absolutely right. Our friends have been excited. We’ve been excited. And we’ve yet to have a major wedding snafu (knock on wood). But what I didn’t realize was that the engagement was also [...]
Now as I watch as magazines and orchestras slowly submerge, I’ve come back to my own writing. This time I don’t want to realign myself by racing for more work.