LACUNA

We were trudging through the wet snow of a late February. We carried with us an odd assortment of tools: a hammer, an old hand drill, buckets, spigots, hooks, and covers. It was the beginning of sugaring season. The three of us were setting trees to gather sap.
The birds were beginning to return and the [...]

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He walked in the door, the same white door, into the same white office, to go to the same gray cubicle. Nothing ever seemed to change, even the pictures of his family, reminding him why he was here, were four years old. Same boss, same coworkers, only two of them friends. It didn’t matter how [...]

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From the moment my favorite aunt clasped my tender, pubescent hands in her own, outstretched my arms and excitedly proclaimed, “My Goodness! Look how you’ve filled out!” I have been in the throes of a tormented relationship with my breasts. I was twelve, standing amidst the fervor of family-reunion chatter and reminiscence. But suddenly the [...]

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Intro
“Thank you.” Two simple words, yet when told together, in that order, they mean so much. Just those words, said to someone, makes them feel good, it makes them feel as though they did something right, and it makes them feel appreciated. So you would see my surprise when a trashcan thanked me for [...]

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