Considering the startling installments through which we’ve lived, surely you’ll pause when I tell you that while tossing a bag of aluminum cans into a recycle bin, I saw a …
Number 49 – Cloudspotting March 9, 2021 – Enchantment
In groundhog fashion last week I exited from my hole to case the joint and test the weather. The outdoor nature of March is well defined in its quirkiness: In …
No. 48 – Hot Bath? March 3 Enchantment
Idling in a quadruple line of automobiles stretching far as the eye could see, I watched the nurse who would give me my first Covid vaccine. We shared more than …
No. 47 – Wearing Pants February 23, 2021 – Enchantment
My California cousin Dede sent me a photo of our Mississippi Delta grandparents. C.M. and Margaret had photographed each other in the backyard of their Yazoo City home. They were …
Number 46 – The Attic Feb 16, 2021 – Enchantment
What’s clear to me today is that once upon a time I took a mental snapshot and pressed into memory an interior space that I wanted for my own. For …
No. 45 – Seasons of Love Enchantment – Feb 9, 2021
Have you ever noticed how a certain purity of essence can pour from one human being to another? Often the speaker of truth is not even aware of their influence, …
No. 44 – Soup Situation Enchantment – Feb 3, 2021
We glided up beside the gas pumps each topped with a glass crown. The filling station was across the street from my Grandfather’s office, a cube-like space where he, 2 …
Number 43 – Prayerful Enchantment – Jan 27, 2021
My feathers were hot and ruffled. I was not to be consoled that summer of vacation Bible school. The delight in gold stars for memorizing a line of Now I …
No. 42 – Mingo Therapy Enchantment Jan 19, 2020
People remark on my granddaughter Elodie’s legs. It’s been said that they go on for miles and miles. I remember when the same was said for me. This came to …
No. 41 – Astral Traveler Enchantment – Jan 11, 2021
The two drawers at the bottom of their secretary were inventions of time well spent. Not one of the cousins could resist the eventual examination of what was inside. Filled …