“Why now?” rang the question on everyone’s mind as they refilled their coffee cups and settled in...

[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.]

Rhythmic steps on concrete matching the beat

o...

[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 25, 2001.]

Once again, the year approaches the end of...

Before I ever came near a stethoscope or a white coat, I understood the beauty of X-rays. The...

[Second place Synapse Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.]

As I step across the bay, 

Wond’ring...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 22, 1998.]

Last week, the country confronted the death of...

Yesterday

It’s a choice to trust

and love

But God

trust in what, whom, when?

how to love ?

and be loved?

[Originally published in Synapse on October 12, 2000.] 

Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine...

Fables written centuries ago still echo in the present — quietly, powerfully — reminding us of what...