Why I Spell covid-19 This Way

Words are a big deal. No matter how many times we chant―sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me―some part of us knows this is not true. True, they can‘t break bones, but that‘s because words don‘t operate in the physical dimension. Jump into...

A covid-19 Moment In My Life

It’s chilly in my New England writing studio this afternoon, April 10, in the Year of covid-19. Grey skies, intermittent snowflake-hail showers, tree limbs still bare and bent by the wind.  Perhaps it’s time to rev up my fake, gas-fed wood stove, minus the...