The Sill of the World

delaying Eyeing an assignment sidelong - a tough one, and I wish I could put it off. But if I do that, it will expand in my mind like a ten...

Carnival (Natalie Merchant) Wandering around taking photos of a city. I love the exploration, the mood of taking things in and questioning ...

disengage She walks ahead of the rest of us, and I understand the mood she's in - restless, unwilling to talk, needing to feel like she...

bibliotheca She pushes a stroller heaped with picture books. There's a child in there too, somewhere. cramping At some point, he sta...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett is intense in its depictions of people sharing their lives while also living apart and...

airborne A dragonfly, a branch and a monarch butterfly, suspended against the blue-white sky in a mosaic. buzzed The dip has been sittin...

blender Rain spatters the window. The backyard looks like green liquid, a parsley shake. cloy The candies are a brightly colored glue of...