Closing Time

Thrilled to be with you again steamy maple latte. You are so precious swooshing and swirling in your ceramic vessel at closing time and ever so more delicious in me. I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for you. Prayer … Continue reading

Time of Growth

Time of Growth

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! -Isaiah 5:20 Business as usual, sin twists and warps our sense of … Continue reading

Desperately Seeking Me

Desperately Seeking Me

At first, I thought there to be two little birds, but turns out it was the same robin drumming at my window, desperately trying to tell me something. I cracked the door ajar just enough to invite her in yet … Continue reading

Deflated Heart

Deflated Heart

Don’t fret, I’m not here to pierce your heart with yet another arrow. While those razor-sharp tips have been aimed in our direction for some time now, directly at our hearts no less, I’m instead here to upend the au … Continue reading

I Identify as a Zebra

I Identify as a Zebra

Its name possibly emanating from the Latin equiferus meaning wild horse; from equus horse and ferus wild, untamed. While I respond to either pronunciation with the long initial vowel or with the short initial vowel, please use the pronoun “z” when referring to me. Why not … Continue reading