My Friend Got Stuck in the Winter

Ice on Fire, by Eugenijus Radlinskas

We're searching for new beginnings, my friend and I. Yesterday, we took to driving along open roads, through fields turned yellow from the heat, with music playing loud enough to drown out all else, and we let the sound paint a picture of how much we'd changed. A year ago, my friend and I let go of summer. For me, the transition to autumn was swift and certain, and I gave myself no time to mourn the loss of light. For him, it was different. The slow draining of color from the maple … [Read more...]

An Early Autumn Chill

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Our realtors walked through our bedroom and pointed out that my jewelry (a.k.a. Pagan Bling) would need to go, as would our book shelf of Buffy DVD's and the half-dozen, brown, wooden elephant figurines left over from our big, gay wedding. They were pleased with the size of the closet, though, if not a little concerned with the clutter. People like to see space, they told us. How metaphysical, I thought. They surveyed our kitchen next, which is lined with glass-doored cabinets, and they … [Read more...]