The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 2/21/21 - 2/27/21. anticipation Two people at opposite ends of a room. They're holding books, but they aren'...

This covers the week of 2/14/21 - 2/20/21. ache We used to sit in this room with its floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and the lamplight on the r...

This covers the week of 11/29/20 – 12/5/20. crusty The basin has been drained. It's encrusted in dirt and leaves like diseased skin. div...

This covers the week of 11/1/20 - 11/7/20. buckling Some stores are getting boarded up again in the event that election results don't tu...

This covers the week of 9/6/20 - 9/12/20. cavernous Multiple huge escalators in a shopping plaza that used to serve crowds. Now we glide dow...

This covers the week of 8/2/20 - 8/8/20. anuran I love looking at photos of her holding a frog. I wonder if, like me, she'll have a terr...

This covers the week of 7/26/20 - 8/1/20. ballooned Before the fast begins, my stomach feels like a water balloon. evasion Social distancing...

This covers the week of 6/14/20 - 6/20/20. badgering The ducklings snap at dragonflies. cheep The perpetual cheeping of two chicks, one of t...

This covers the week of 5/31/20 - 6/6/20. boarded Many stores are getting boarded up, including a book store. The displays of books disappea...

This covers the week of 5/17/20 - 5/23/20. acquainting I hear about them secondhand, and I'm happy they're doing well. I don't f...

This covers the week of 2/9/20 - 2/15/20. fever His face is beaded with sweat. On his nightstand, a thermos is perched on a short stack of b...

This covers the week of 2/2/20 - 2/8/20. cheerful A girl riding on her dad's shoulders raises her pink mittens to a drizzly sky. crunchy...

This covers the week of 12/22/19 - 12/28/19. again Her dollhouse, I discover, has musical features. So that I won't forget about thes...

This covers the week of 12/8/19 - 12/14/19. aromatic The holiday market is a dense, sweet-smelling mass of pine and cider. Clustered boot...

This covers the week of 12/1/19 - 12/7/19. algebra For one kid in the group, algebraic equations can't be fully trusted. The variable...

This covers the week of 11/24/19 - 11/30/19. cafeteria Gossip, bickering, utensils rustling, the scrape of chairs, the shuffle of sore fe...

This covers the week of 11/17/19 - 11/23/19. benumbed Three cops in the lobby of a small health clinic, boredom heavy in their eyes and t...

This covers the week of 9/29/19 - 10/5/19 . autumnal The leaves are turning a spangly orange and gold. Coolness is working its way into t...

This covers the week of 9/15/19 - 9/21/19 . bears She likes being read to while she's being fed. And she likes repeated readings. Thi...

From 9/8/19 - 9/14/19 . aggrieved The middle child feels aggrieved, blamed by an older sibling who sides with a younger one. butterscot...