A Love Letter to Oysters Note: A version of this essay won Second Prize in the 2023 Carolina Woman Writing Contest This post is a love letter to oysters. But you should just read it to yourself. Oysters have mouths but no ears; they won't hear a thing. We hosted an oyster roast over the … Continue reading A Love Letter to Oysters
The Vegetable Revolution Resolution "Gotta eat yo vegetables, eat yo vegetables" - Broccoli Brothers The Broccoli Brothers said it all. Vegetables are good for you, tasty, necessary, and in my house, in need of a revolution. Last night, we lost power about 8pm. When I was woken by the four-year-old at 3am, it was still … Continue reading The Vegetable Revolution Resolution
Trash Talk My friend watches a YouTube channel, Northern Mudlarks, featuring a Scottish mother-daughter team who hunt for (dubious) treasure along riverbanks and other shores. They find mud, reliably, and tiny pieces of the past that they analyze for value and meaning. Could that pot shard be from a moonshine jug? Could that pipe have … Continue reading Trash talk
Good Wives, Warriors, and Myths What do these three things have in common? A book - two books, really, and they're both amazing. Is it the illustrations, done in fantabulistic detail and psychedelic color? Yes. Is it the sparse, visually invocative writing, just enough to make each creature come alive? Yes. But most importantly, it's … Continue reading Good Wives, Warriors, and Myths
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