July 2023 It’s late and I’m sitting on my front porch after dark. The porch is my warm weather retreat. A massive blue spruce obscures the ...

February 2023 “Yes. Please. Like that.” The kid skims along the twin mattress with serpentine motion, back arched, lean hips raised. Scant...

February 2023 Since my arrival in Virginia, I’ve been averaging about five hours a night of slumber. I know because I wear my watch as a sl...

February 2023 A block and a half from my dad’s house, on the very street where I grew up, a man waits on his knees almost naked, clad only ...

Part 1 may be found here. We spend the next day on Assateague Island. The adults lounge under umbrellas, sunglasses on their noses, talkin...