"B" Stings

Aunt Elizabeth's cottage in Ocean Point, Maine I wrote this poem to Aunt Elizabeth sometime in the 80's when I  had just crossed...

Maine. Just hearing that word as a child would induce in me a sudden stillness of anticipation. Ar...

] Last year the city of Los Alamos did not celebrate the Fourth of July. Half the town was empty of residents du...

I  I live on a plateau seven thousand feet above sea level in North Central New Mexico. This habitat is called the Pinon-Juniper Forest...

An onomatopoeic word: The initial "s" is steeling oneself; The "t" is defiance of fear; "Reng" is mental or...

It seems I have a hard time staying happy. One of the reasons is that my brain is incapable of regulating the neurotransmitter known as se...

. In the beginning there was the usual scene with the usual mix of people. In the roped off area a woman was attempting to swim lap...