A Million Little Carcasses

The Electrician and I drove out to my parents’ place this afternoon. His dad is home on holidays from working overseas, and has been visiting people all over the place over the last weeks, so we invited The Electrician’s folks out to the farm as well. It was the first time my parents met his…

Seams to Me

The other morning, a woman in her mid-sixties by my guess was a few steps ahead of me at the entrance to Wal-Mart. She was dressed very nicely, in white capris and fancy sandals with leather straps and giant glittery rhinestones. Obviously, this lady had invested time in her appearance: her hair was perfectly sculpted,…