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  • Hungry

    I anxiously poked my head out of my little hole in the wall. It was almost closing time and there weren’t many customers left. The path to the kitchen seemed safe. I could not wait any longer; I was starving. I carefully walked along the brick wall, moving as slowly and quietly as possible. Right…

  • Top Shelf: Issue I

    Top Shelf explores literature, music, and consumable delicacies that have made it to, well, the Top Shelf. Today’s issue includes a spectacular pairing featuring a longtime favorite, providing an intellectually and mathematically stimulating reading experience. Improbable Like many adults, I suffer from the realization that my performance as a reader has declined significantly since the…

  • Daughters of Mother Nature Manifesto

    This one’s a little old and a little cheesy but it’s a sweet reminder from my past self.

  • Berries and Mushrooms

    Trapped in God’s dream,I await creation. His arms reach down to hand me three seedsFirst – I plant the apple tree. God cries, it rains,I watch the tree grow and blossom.I taste apples for the first time. I plant the second seed, sit with it under the sun.The smell of jasmine surrounds my body. An…

  • Hitchhiking to America

    The old man at the bar was wondering:“You got any party tricks?”Well, sir, I’ve got a thumb that can take me anywhere.Through high school summers, my thumbs carried meThrough the desert like landscape of western Turkey:Hot asphalt, summer wind, rocky roads. A treasure box of memories I owe to my past chauffeurs,Strangers who gracefully lean…