Shell shocked
Irene and Henry helped Uncle Tom pack the wagon, every last bed last chair last plate last hope that life would be better here piled high…
Staying put with pomegranates
For years I have placed pomegranates around my house: here and there, on windowsills, on my desk, on my altar. They are reminders sparked by a…
Hello again
June 17th snuck up on me this year, in part because I wasn’t going to write about Dad again just because today is the anniversary of…
Everything possible
One of the luckiest things that happened to me when I came out in 1992 was that a friend referred me to a therapist who sang…
Seaside holidays, 1924-1972
At the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 40,000 interlocking basalt columns are stacked together on the beach like puzzle pieces, the result of either…
Resolution: To write you no more
I mentioned the other day that I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore, but if I did, Maria Popova offers a list of suggested resolutions that…
Fifty years ago, we didn’t call it a tsunami
© Leslie Prpich, photos used without permission Ask anyone in Port Alberni what they remember about Easter weekend, 1964, they’ll tell you panic, destruction, disbelief. I…