The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 1/24/21 - 1/30/21. crumbs Instead of buying a pandemic puppy, she has gone outdoors more frequently to feed pigeons,...

This covers the week of 12/6/20 - 12/12/20. anemic It's a major shopping avenue, and on normal years it would be teeming with people and...

This covers the week of 11/15/20 - 11/21/20. capturing Leaves sink into mirror-like water. dammed When he serves us drinks in his home, he t...

This covers the week of 9/13/20 - 9/19/20. analyses We get into a deep conversation about writing, and I savor it, because we rarely speak t...

This covers the week of 1/12/20 - 1/18/20. cheerless Gray streets dusted with litter. A chain store here and there, lots of chain link fenc...

This covers the week of 1/5/20 - 1/11/20. erasure She stares at the surface of the desk and pulls on the drawstrings of her hoodie until ...

This covers the week of 12/29/19 - 1/4/20. aglow Eight candles glowing. Rivulets of colorful wax. deeper She doesn't stop at fixin...

This covers the week of 11/10/19 - 11/16/19. advice "Just try to be a good person," he says to the group. "Don't compa...

This covers the week of 10/27/19 - 11/2/19. departure I hurry back to give her a second kiss. depression One statue with a ripped out ...

This covers the week of 10/20/19 - 10/26/19. campus Her campus is embedded into a hillside. She leads us up and down flights of stairs an...

This covers the week of 10/13/19 - 10/19/19. fittingly Her cooked vegetables are in autumn colors: moist purples, tender shades of orange...

babbling Round every corner you turn, there's a TV. At least one of them is on at all times, sometimes two. business "Please do...

astronomy We find Jupiter with its banded surface, and a tiny, pale Saturn. Strangely, it's our moon that's foggiest and most uncle...

celebratory We sit at our own table, each of us with a little heap of food, including shawarma. At one point, a man with a sonorous voice s...

miscommunication Phone calls yielding false information, corrections, sarcasm from rude receptionists, repetition (what's your date of ...

fed The baby is replete with slices of banana. He reclines on his dad's lap and accepts the mushy offerings from his mom. fuzziness ...

catnap As his wife and kids explore the plaza, a man dozes on a ledge with his feet in an empty stroller. chatter The kids, small and ro...

arrival I need to curb my impatience and allow him to arrive at an answer. He needs to think quietly, then have the time to explain and eva...

contending She's giving an outdoor talk, and her voice strives to rise above the wind. context I bump into someone I know quite well...

appeasing The small box of chocolates is a gift of appeasement, and I'm pleased to be appeased at this moment. bite-sized It's i...