Don’t pity the basalt block that resides underfoot in the cobblestone road. Horses and carts; buses and motorcycles have traversed these stones for centuries. And what are we, after all, without purpose? Pity instead the slab of marble. It was once a part of a living organism, residing on the bottom of the ocean. It … Continue reading Don’t Pity the Cobblestones
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The Competition
Two old friends cross paths at a coffee shop. They squawk at each other. Marigold, darling!” “Oh, June, sweetheart!” “How are the children?” They sit at an empty table and the competition is on. “My son lives on the seventeenth floor of the tallest building in town.” “Well, my daughter just moved into the eighteenth … Continue reading The Competition