blinking while driving
Squirrels may run up to 20 miles an hour, but it’s not always fast enough.
As a kid in our family station wagon, I’d shut my eyes and silently send goodwill to each squirrel that didn’t make it across the road. I don’t know when that started—it just did.
photo by Dave Poore on Unsplash
My last teacher was an avocado
My most recent “teacher” was an avocado.
It was one of many gently palpated by a customer at our local market. Hunched over the wooden crate, he whispered to each avocado "are you ready?”
photo by Estúdio Bloom on Unsplash
Dancing with truths
Looking briefly into the washroom mirror on the day of my daughter’s wedding, I recalled where I was in relation to death almost a year earlier. In that moment, I felt life taking the lead.
photo by alliegoodrich.com