Reflections: We Are, All of Us, Bound to Each Other
"The Uprising" (2026) Photo by Betina La Plante © 2026 Focus Features In The Uprising, a film written and directed by Paul Greengrass, Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of…
The Balcony Gardener: Tomatoes, Basil and a Matter of Bread
October had arrived on the balcony with cool mornings, pale sunlight, and the unmistakable feeling that the growing season was beginning to pack its bags. The tomatoes, however, had…
Poetry: Bikes
I mean Winter in Michigan could Freeze your hair. In fifth grade I got my bike for Christmas. A Schwinn Stingray, I mean Lime Green Metallic, Chrome high Handlebars with…
Poetry: Hypnos, God of Sleep
Photo by Jp Valery He creeps into my bed, envelops me, erases my worries, and together we dream. But on those nights when he doesn’t show, and I know…
Poetry: Figs
Photo by Jametlene Reskp Fig tree, santa higuera, altar to summer’s holy fruit. Soft, sunburnt tears— lágrimas para lo que está pasando. Ancient leather pouches warm to the touch,…
Poetry: Someone Has Been Borrowing Me
Photo by mohadese marvi There seems to be a woman who visits the house at night. She waits until everything is quiet— Teddy asleep, the street emptied of footsteps,…
Poetry: Like Shadows in the Trees
Photo by Lester Hine From a watercolor of the same name by April Daily The deer scratch themselves in a cold winter bare wood the trees all naked and…
The Balcony Gardener: The Matter of the Amaranth
The amaranth arrived in a brown paper packet with no name on it. The Balcony Gardener found it propped against her door one morning in early June. Inside were a…
The Balcony Gardener: Heat, Blueberries and the Vapors
Photo by Mike Perry By the first week of August, the balcony had forgotten what coolness felt like. The morning sun arrived far too early and settled itself among…
Poetry: Letter to a Younger Self
Photo by Safa Float back in time, fifty years or so, to a morning when you were just opening your eyes at first light. A suitable number of summers to…