by ella….. Washing machine time is different from conventional time. Having a paper towel holder built into your cabinets does not make you fancy. Having a cast-iron pan will make men who think they know more about cooking than they do nod approvingly. I am worthy of love and respect. Four quarters is worth more…
Author: worker bee
Bits and Pieces
by nicole….. On sleep: The other night: I think it was the brownie, now that I reflect back on it. Dark chocolate messes with my sleep. After having been in bed for an hour and still awake, I was waiting for sleep. Looking forward to it. Mostly so that I could wake up. I looked…
Fading Away
by J….. I received a text from a young man who had worked on one of my teams for over five years asking me if I had a few minutes to discuss a potential job opportunity that he was entertaining. I replied immediately that I was available to talk…my last day on the job was…
Thank You
by mark….. I simply hate Carl Hiaasen. Which, of course, is to say, I love Carl Hiaasen. I’m not a writer, Carl Hiaasen is a writer. And this is why I hate him. And love him. Who can do this? Who can conjure an absurd, laugh-out-loud, 336-page novel in the middle of a pandemic, amidst…
My COVID PostSecret’s
by lorrie s….. Today on the news I heard them say “Thanksgiving will be different this year for everyone”. My first thought was “No shit Sherlock” followed instantly by “thank god I don’t have to do that this year!” PostSecret is a…well I’ll let Wikipedia explain it: “PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project,…
The Witness Protection House
by carol f….. May-July 2020 Our bubble, son Eric and 2 dogs, left our first shared Sacramento house rather quickly while running from Covid. We had no desire to deal with raccoon relocation, roof closure construction, inept landlords, and we just wanted “out”of the 100 year old farmhouse. When looking for 3 bedroom homes (to…
The abecedarian
by ellen gilbert….. The abecedarian is a form used by certain poets to tackle cultural subjects and the inadequacy of language when faced with a great disaster. ———————– Archives of 2020 (thanks to Nicole) bring myriad responses like a COVID escape to new locales and dreams of bull snakes in bed and even the dignity of…
This Old House
by carol f….. Late April 2020 My son Eric and I came together in mid-town Sacramento April 23rd to form our new COVID bubble with our two dogs, Buckaroo and Wiley. My goddaughter had found a lovely small house in which I self-quarantined & he did the same for two weeks in his L.A. apartment….
Jungle
by max fainaru-wada….. It’s honestly something I never thought looked much like a backyard.I guess a better way to put it is that the placement always was surreal to me in a way. Around two years of living here obviously made me used to it, but in the beginning months, I always enjoyed the fact…
Reality Bending
by natalie mitchell….. I made a huge discovery today, 10 hours of rain sounds on Youtube. It drowns out the sirens and the yellow glowing sky. I carry the rain into the kitchen and make pizza dough feeling ridiculously happy. I’m conscious of the fact that the markers for a strange new world are being…