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
Category: essays
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…
La Ruta Maya
The day is hot and dusty when the bus from Cancun drops us. We get off at the wrong stop and bicker about the mile or so walk we have to get to Tulum. In the midday heat our backpacks feel stone heavy and we quickly languish. I am the first to stick out my…