Asphalt Habitat

The interstates in southern Illinois are lined with hawks. They sit on trees and poles, but they are more likely to be seen sitting on road signs. You could view them as lazy,

Filling the Silence

I started listening to audiobooks on my long drives to Missouri. Now I listen to them at home instead of music or podcasts to fill the silence. It is a bigger investment to

Growing a Tail

If you all of sudden grew a tail, what would you use it for? Balance? To swat away flies? And how would you learn to control it?

Pandemic Dreams

Even my subconscious is confused by the pandemic lockdown because my dreams now exist in the same boring, repetitive space where all the days run together and I can’t tell one from

Color of Fur

On a gray winter day the fur of the six deer that walked through the woods behind my house blended in with the bare trees. Only their white tails were visible when they