Author Archives: sputterpub

The travel guides advise us not to miss this site or that attraction, to secure our tickets in advance for that or this, insisting a vacation must be sure to tick off most the must-sees on a list some enterprising … Continue reading →

Arrested by a rest on Maui, sweet and light and dreamless, eyelids closed and yet insightful, wind caressing neck and feet, I’d be staggered if I stood up now. I would wobble if I tried to move or talk – … Continue reading →

Imaginary friendships aren’t rare for children who are dreamers, introverts, and loners. Care providers rarely care, for ghost companions aren’t any worse than coloring outside the lines, resisting mandatory rest, or tasting paste. So disembodied friends don’t make the list … Continue reading →

Its graceful shape appears ahead of me: a rearing solid trunk of grayish brown, with textured yellow-green as canopy, as if a living pillar wore a crown. It seems a link from sidewalk to the sky, or something placed as … Continue reading →

When I was young, I thought you had no life except to shop and clean and give us food. You did for Dad the duties of a wife and somewhat more, with your impatient mood, and for we three that … Continue reading →

The pressures mount, and resolutions fail like bridges with inadequate support, for I am that, a structure with no rail, a personality collapsed athwart the tracks I laid so strictly for my path (deluded me – good memory forgets the … Continue reading →

Too earnestly I asked “How do you feel? Describe what’s in your mind. Define your need.” It seemed so logical – I would appeal as if my darling’s answer was the seed that nourished by exposure would mature, enriching us … Continue reading →