essays

Cobalt

I’m happy to say I have an essay in the fall issue of The Hopper. Check it out or the many other fine stories, poems, and essays in this and other issues. Plus, so much beautiful artwork. https://www.hoppermag.org/cobalt

Voyageurs

Thunderstorms, even severe thunderstorms, are common on the northern plains, especially in early summer, when warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico sweeps up the plains and collides with the yet wintry and drier air of the north. Most often these collisions dissipate without much fanfare, but sometimes, and ever so rarely, these storms…

Geese

A spring, not so long ago, I discovered two Canada geese in the field by the Blue Pool. A spring when my father was still alive. The pool is a luminous ribbon of water that arches away from the river and cuts across a fallow field. I visit this part of the river often. Follow the…