The Climbing Fish–On the Occasion that Your Family Periodically Falls Apart

Dear Lily June, The call came in yesterday. My cousin Whitley, who had been bankrolling my sister’s work-from-home job as a… Read more The Climbing Fish–On the Occasion that Your Family Periodically Falls Apart

From the Blueblack Cold–On the Occasion of Your Grandfather’s Birthday

Dear Lily June, It is my father’s–your grandpap Edward’s–birthday. This day of the year is always a loaded one for… Read more From the Blueblack Cold–On the Occasion of Your Grandfather’s Birthday

Origins–In Which Your Grandpap Came for a Visit

Dear Lily June, Someday you will understand that the people you love–maybe even me–can’t always be there for you in… Read more Origins–In Which Your Grandpap Came for a Visit

The Bond–In Which I Wonder How We’ll Connect

Dear Lily June, It’s been coming up again and again in my conversations with the other stranger-friends I interact with… Read more The Bond–In Which I Wonder How We’ll Connect

Only the Fire-born–In Which I Do My Homework

Dear Lily June, As per my promise last week, I’ve written a poem based on my second prompt, an imitation… Read more Only the Fire-born–In Which I Do My Homework

In Others’ Words–In Which It’s a Very Belated Day Three of the Three Day Quotation Challenge

Dear Lily June, I’ve got my fingers crossed that you didn’t notice this last day of the quote challenge took… Read more In Others’ Words–In Which It’s a Very Belated Day Three of the Three Day Quotation Challenge

In Others’ Words–In Which It’s Day Two of the Three Day Quotation Challenge

Dear Lily June, The other day, your cousin Bryden, who just started kindergarten this year, told his mother that, at… Read more In Others’ Words–In Which It’s Day Two of the Three Day Quotation Challenge

In Others’ Words–In Which It’s Day One of the Three Day Quotation Challenge

Dear Lily June, There are some topics about which I become almost entirely ineloquent. One of these topics, given your… Read more In Others’ Words–In Which It’s Day One of the Three Day Quotation Challenge

A Way of Being Invisible–In Which I Remember and Project

Dear Lily June, My father had a way of talking through his teeth that always terrified me. My mother had… Read more A Way of Being Invisible–In Which I Remember and Project

Stuttering Silence–In Which I Differentiate Between Good and Bad Secrets

Dear Lily June, This is a letter I don’t want you to read until you’re older, not because it’s an… Read more Stuttering Silence–In Which I Differentiate Between Good and Bad Secrets