Unlock the door and bid farewell. Don’t lean in. Start your car and look straight ahead.  More chances will come. This kiss hasn’t eluded you for any fault other  than your shyness— not inherently a personality flaw but a hindrance  in sharing 80 million bacteria with another
The sunset shattered slowly. Little particles of coral light radiated across the sooty surface of the lake, dropping kisses on the shore. Waves unfurled on the pale beach. Water whooshing in and out to smooth petoskey stones and soften jagged edges of the ruby-red seaglass.  Together, we w
Earl grey skies swaddle the rooftops like hand-knit mittens. A reluctant rain begins to fall, pattering on sidewalks and bejeweling the crimson leaves of the maple trees in the city park. I walk slowly through the purple twilight, breathing deeply  the smells of damp earth and wet leaves.Â
   I take pictures more than I used to. I wish I was better at it, but I don’t care to improve. No picture I take could ever fully explain why I take them. Some photographers, the famous ones you always hear about, are said to be able to capture a personality, love, even […]
(Open on panning shots of trees, squirrel’s-eye view, sliding from the ground up. Fade into golden leaves being blown from their branches, drifting in and out of focus. Peaceful orchestral music mixed with ambient bird song plays.)  Wizened British Narrator: As the last leaves of autumn fall t
   Busia’s house always felt foreign to me. I was used to shag carpets, floral wallpapers, and watching Hogan’s Heroes on our white Zenith television back at home. Busia’s, on the other hand, was more like a relic from the postwar housing boom. The wallpapers were khaki-colored, spotted r
