The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 3/14/21 - 3/20/21. branching Brown, crunchy, bristling paths, a clear view of buildings through bare trees. decompre...

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 5/3/20 - 5/9/20. blocked On our walk, we head to an art museum in the hopes of seeing into it from the outside. From...

This covers the week of 3/15/20 - 3/21/20. forage They trawl through several stores, buying bottles of water where they can. hurrying Her se...

awake She can't figure out why she's having trouble sleeping. Nothing she tries helps her enjoy a night of unbroken sleep. "Is...

artifice The small cakes and cookies displayed in the shop window look like they were created with paint markers. They can't be real ba...

compensatory In the absence of music, I hum more. cyborg He's a lean, mean furniture-moving machine, hefting tables, chairs and a fu...

asynchronous More sunlight is what I need. So I go for a walk. Turns out the weather is cloudy and cool, but at least it doesn't rain...

dramatic A small group of tourists stands at the curbside and shouts at a squirrel to get off the road. "Watch out! Cars are coming!...

anew With new determination I open up a Microsoft Word document that's been untouched for months, and I begin again. concinnity At the c...

chutzpah A library has no business being closed. detours Side streets beckon to us as we walk. Their houses and trees are pressed close, th...

glare A flash of lightning fills up the window like an enraged eye peering into the room. justification It's the same situation w...

cascade I could be a cartoon - a wide-eyed foolish girl in a canoe paddling towards a waterfall. I know it's there, right ahead. I can...

ataraxy We find a rose garden and a magnolia garden facing each other across a quiet street. Both are past their season. Both are mostly e...

arisen One of the best ways to be woken up early is by a phone call from someone who missed hearing your voice. atypical An inflatable bounc...

abounding The wind skims water off the fountain. The droplets prickle on our skin. I'm happy to be with family on this fine sunny day....

advanced At the bookstore the four-year-old boy keeps asking his mom to buy him books that are geared towards young teenagers and older elem...

alleviation I'm relieved to step into my apartment at the end of the day, shut the door behind me and shut out the world for a little wh...

accretion Words are deposited like sediment on the page, pebbles and boulders and fine silt. click When I find myself slowing down on the ke...

affable The daffodils bob their heads in courtly greeting. buoyant A tree on the plaza is alive with blossoms, a foamy pink haze. The next ...