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The Tractor
The boy smiles upwards at his father, cherub cheeks and a childish grin. The man lifts the child onto his shoulders and mounts the tractor.
The Salton Sea
You probably haven't heard of it, but the Salton Sea is the largest lake in California as seen from above...
First patient
Shelter clinic opens every Thursday at six, First time seeing a “real” patient, I’m waiting at the door.
Greater Than I
All that is good in nature respects its power. The crash of waves against rocky shores seems uncontrolled and even...
Home
Yet, here I am, stuck in this very place I call home Why do I even call it that? I...
Witness
Today is the worst day of her life. As for me, it's Tuesday. I try to hold space for her...
vanilla ice cream
“what do you think?” your wide eyes an azure blue glazed with the reflection of my surprise and, the essence...
Discovery
There are lilies in the valley lofty clouds up in the sky there are spots of brown on butterflies now...
Bird Banding
On the phone she’ll tell me stories about shorebirds which breed in warmer marshland winters and still cross the continent...
Ours Is Not to Reason Why
When I found out the next patient I’ll be following is a retired army cardiothoracic surgeon in his late eighties...