“All that is lost, all that is not<\/a>,” in “Remembering Dannye Powell,” North Carolina Literary Review, winter 2025.<\/p>\n “Exactly What To Say<\/a>,” The Sun Magazine “Cafeteria Lady<\/a>,” Prime Number Magazine “M Train by Patti Smith: A Partial Index,<\/a>” The Believer Logger<\/p>\n Song: “Use the Back Door<\/a>,” The Cloud Diary Music Project<\/p>\n “World Without Columbo<\/a>,” Shenandoah, republished in Redux “Museum of Hands<\/a>,” Mississippi Review A brief selection “All that is lost, all that is not,” in “Remembering Dannye Powell,” North Carolina Literary Review, winter 2025. “Exactly What To Say,” The Sun Magazine In 1984, our last year together, there was still a big green … Continue reading
\nIn 1984, our last year together, there was still a big green open field behind the Mission Valley Shopping Center near our house in Raleigh. One Sunday you saw a man there inflating a hot-air balloon, and you went out to talk to him.<\/p>\n
\nBacklit, faintly glowing, she waves me to a booth by the window, one of the narrow ones she knows I like, with cushiony seats and natural light, good for reading. I have a book on my tray as always. I come in every Wednesday after therapy for the vegetable plate, $2.99 plus tax. Today I\u2019m having lima beans, mashed potatoes, and applesauce\u2014soft foods, because my teeth are loose.<\/p>\n
\nAfter the hurricane, when our cable service was finally restored, we began picking up channels we hadn\u2019t paid for. It\u2019s been months now and the company still hasn\u2019t caught on. My husband feels guilty, but I tell him to look at it this way: we\u2019ve been given a gift, the best kind, one we didn\u2019t expect or deserve, and we should make the most of it, especially since we know it can\u2019t last forever.\u00a0The truth is, I don\u2019t want to lose my Columbo reruns.<\/p>\n
\nA certain sculptor is known for his fragments\u2014hands, ears, and noses he makes instead of whole bodies. Works of art in themselves, the critics proclaim; each fragment \u201creveals a whole character.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"