You’re going to have me killed tomorrow, and still, you want to know. Oh yes, there are some who believe there is magic in the world. Goddesses and gods supposedly walk among us. People use magic to explain things they don’t know, or can’t understand. You can’t explain what I do. I am no goddess; […]
Sydney’s picking her nose again. You want to scream, even bat her hand away from her face. She is standing in the produce aisle, next to the loose leaf lettuce. People are staring. It’s all fun and games until someone finds a booger on their radicchio, you think to yourself. “Sydney,” you say to your
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Draw a circle In the sand, Plant the seed And watch it grow, Sun after sun, Until its circle has been run. Seed unto seed. Draw a circle Among the stars, Begin the year And watch it pass, Sun after sun, Until its circle has been run. Year unto year. Draw a circle In the
It wasn’t as if she hadn’t smelled death before. Gladys’s wide frame waddled toward the bathroom. The hallways of the moderately priced home were surprisingly narrow. Sometimes when she wore pleated skirts, Gladys swore the crest of her burgeoning hips slightly grazed the floral-printed walls. In the bathroom, she took a glass bottle out of
The day is as big as she ever remembers one being. But it starts the same way all the others do, with him. “Mer-wee!” It’s only a slight slur today. That’s good. On others his speech comes out in thick moans that crawl across the smoke-filled air onto bare walls, once bright white but now
Every year, Swedes celebrate a national holiday called “Midsummer.” The roots of the festival go back to the 6th century A.D. Originally held to usher in the season of fertility, Midsummer also honors the summer solstice. The traditions began in the southern areas of Sweden and then gradually spread to the rest of the country. People
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