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To the Honorable Senators from Texas
To the Honorable Senator Cruz, My name is Mary Margaret Healy and I live in [Redacted], Texas. I work for a local municipal court as a clerk, and I am writing to you as a citizen who has perhaps more than the average concern for the continued legitimacy of the judicial process and judicial systems in the United States. Today I write to you to demand as your constituent that you refuse to vote if the Senate holds confirmation hearings for an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. I did not vote for you in the last election, Senator Cruz, but I was not overly troubled when you…
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Do Not Look Directly at the Dog Park
There was once a purebred golden retriever who visibly loved everyone and snuggled up to strangers: she was so beautiful I was scared to touch her for fear I’d leave an unsightly smudge.
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Settling
One of the things about moving around a lot is that people start to ask you, “Does it feel like home?”
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Inevitable Forward Movement
How many other transitions in life are like this: inevitable, beautiful, a blessing, and a pain so deep its aches reverberate through generations.
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In a Land Far Away
So consider this a love letter from your faraway child.
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Pro-Life
Next Wednesday is just a Wednesday. No one has written any songs for Wednesday.
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On Homeownership, Citizenship, and Stewardship
Maybe the heating bills could have been lower. Maybe this leak wouldn’t have happened. Maybe my house wouldn’t be sick.
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A Yinzer Yankee in the Lonestar State
But for now, all I can think about is how out of place my Christmas trees looked when my neighbors have a cactus naturally growing in their front yard. And I will envy all y’all yanks up there.
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Timestrokes
And as the saxophonist stood to our applause, I silently thanked Mr. Moore for teaching me the language of time, imbuing this Saturday night with more meaning than it could otherwise have had.
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Fiftieth Time’s a Charm
I now own a house that has a respectably sized yard, complete with a functioning hose and a fancy fence. I have, for a long time now, owned a desire to live off the fat of the land, complete with a short memory about how often I’ve tried and failed to do just that. And, thanks to Amazon Prime, I now own a fabulous book that chemically combines those two things into a powerful solution. That’s right, I am, once again, attempting a garden. Last time I tried this, I was living in Pittsburgh, so I started the plants indoors in April to try to give them a fighting chance. …
