First sip of coffee in the morning; going to bed knowing I can drink another cup of coffee tomorrow. Saying, “Look at the sunset” to my son and watching him turn his head. Popeye’s fried chicken for dinner (from a busy location, of course, with particularly crispy...
My dear poets, You still have time to send us your wonderfully crafted chapbook manuscripts for Minerva Rising’s “Dare to Be” chapbook contest judged by the poet Heather McHugh. I’ve written three poetry chapbooks and have learned some lessons...
My family is from diets. The lips, the jaws, the tongue of diets. My entire childhood was passed through the stomach of listening to my family go from one diet to the next. It was searching for The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Holy Grail or Indiana Jones and the lost...
So many hungers in me. A gorge rimmed red with teeth howls from in my bowels. Ready to suck in and mash, tear limb from limb, the frailest offering, a bonbon. Clamp down with the weight and forgivelessness of … life. Chew and chew and chew and spew out the bits...
If you noticed the Halloween candy for sale in August, you know it has been the “holiday season” for some time. But now it is really the holiday season. All of the winter spices and root vegetables, not to mention desserts, will bring back memories. Use these scents...
I made beef stew on a Wednesday because it is my daughter’s favorite and she’s had some mean girl trouble at school. When she was in preschool I used to bring pink-frosted Magnolia cupcakes for pickup. That led to some whining on the part of other parents but I...
