Divinity School (Page 2)

A twenty

I found a twenty on the floor and picked it up. If it had been a hundred I would have tried to find its owner. I didn't think about how I'd do that, because it wasn't a hundred, it was a twenty. A twenty

That netted out

A bike industry veteran once told me that historically, mom-and-pop shops had the best credit, because the "mom" always had stamps on her person. She could mail checks to vendors in a timely fashion. I do carry stamps on my person, or nearly s0 – they are in the

Beaver Moon

This is just to say

Farfalle

We’ve been out in Jersey for a year now. Our first mowing season is behind us, we’ve entered our second leaf-blowing season. By ours, I mean: around us. We did mow a few times this summer, with a relatively quiet electric mower, but we haven’t tried to

Not what you expected

On a cold February night

That good light

We have it in Jersey, too.

That it was very hard to establish a routine

Prose with line breaks

One small town leads to another

A man in a diner

Not ready to dip

“The exchange of ideas is everything.”

Friendship Street

There’s a line at the local post office on Friday morning. “Everyone comes here,” says S., “cuz it’s a little one, they think they’ll be in and out.” She tells a man with a dozen packages: “Leave them with me, come back later, and I’ll have