My friend Tom recently lent me his DSLR camera. Turns out, having another nice tool for a detail-oriented writer like me has been kind of nice. I haven’t had much time to do much polished writing lately (in the midst of my community college class, grad school applications, and what else? oh yeah, work) but … Continue reading
Tag Archives: twilight
Salty Sunset
Waves are hidden by brilliance, while Sun bids adieu, waving goodbye from between the trees. You may also like: Prism At the close closing of the day Continue reading
Prism
Only at day’s end, do we finally find a path to the stars. You may also like: Just a handful of coals At the close closing of the day Arrival Continue reading
Feather Bed
The city hides, sleepily, beneath a thick blanket. She waits for warmer days. Continue reading
At the close
The sky is a jewel box Home to the most precious of gems Continue reading
The Swifts of Chapman School
It’s like the beginning of a folk tale or maybe a scary bedtime story: On the top of the hill sits a decrepit old schoolhouse, sandy brick crumbling under the weight of decades of disuse. Ivy climbs the walls, mercilessly feeling its way up towards a weak sun, its resilient, snaking roots latching on to … Continue reading
closing of the day
The color of the sun is everywhere, making its slow descent. Yellow, gold, orange, pink, glowing light- every shade of the passing day. The light transforms everything into beauty- the spaces in between the leaves on the trees, the shaft of light stretching along the kitchen floor, a glow illuminating the bowl of yesterday’s tomatoes. And your eyes, … Continue reading
Arrival
After more than 24 hours of travel and only a smattering of sleep, we are here. It is twilight and I feel as though I’m at the hop of the world. Crickets chatter and the last birds of the day make themselves known. We are miles away from we came from. Echoes of a foreign … Continue reading