September/October 2023

In the early hours of the day when the lonely owl is interrupted by the small twitters of rising birds and the first blush appears in the sky, I sit in my blue chair and listen to the world around me. The house is perfectly silent, but soon the cries of the little kids in […]

“I’m mixed.” A pause, just a second, barely noticeable, before the gears begin to turn. The pinched brow, the searching gaze, the uncertain tilt of the head, slowly recede in relief. My new friend now has an answer and a box to put me in: “Oh, like café au lait!” “Well . . . sure […]