I walk out into the bright day, where tiny birds startle, and twitter, beginning their morning songs. I walk amongst the piƱons and scrub oak. Among junipers with tiny blue grey berries and shaggy barks. Surrounded by the elders of tall ponderosas with their thick, scabous bark to protect against beetles and weather. And then, … Continue reading Bluebirds
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When the Unthinkable happens. Again.
In November 2016 I was part of a writing residency at Collegeville, MN. At an election watch party that night, I sat with colleagues in numb disbelief as the midnight hour rang in Donald Trump as the next president. I went to bed with a foreboding sense of the swirling chaos and disorder that would … Continue reading When the Unthinkable happens. Again.
Anita Amstutz 