threadless.

  Back to it. It's been a while. And all this time, with words wending and paths pitching, there have been major developments. The world...

The kitchen was a mess. We had brought the lady of the house home, several bike bags and duffle bags and travel bags were exploded ove...

Unless unless your response comes with two lips pressed against mine and a side of fingers intertwined i don't wanna hear it...

it has been such a long and lonely spring and dark  and harrowing and our limbs have stayed dormant waiting for sunshine  to...

on thursday in north york in april of a long and sporadic spring, i sit reading short stories by alistair macleod and wish that i had sa...

the latest morning shakeout has me reeling. as usual, fraioli brings us through interesting tidbits and commentary and things to thin...

Yesterday was a shambles day. Nothing is broken. Just a streak. And so I thought about the streak, and what it meant to me, and how i...

it was snowing. large, light-filled flakes swirled through the streetlight beams. they came to rest on the road, covered cracks and tr...

Today my daughter came home and told me about her basketball game. They lost by only nine points to a team full of rep players. It star...

She was one of the prettiest girls in a high school full of pretty girls. Somehow, per capita, my tiny high school, comprised of 6oo ki...

we were crowded around the coffee table on a windy night in august. the wind was pushing in off of georgian bay, and with no rocks and f...

these mornings begin with darkness and reluctance, reluctance to get out of bed, reluctance to leave a state of dreams, reluctance to be...

if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it occurred. if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear ...

i broke my streak yesterday. it was the first day of a new month that, in other countries, marks the beginning of spring and promise a...

the private school parking lot drooped with cars ticking in the midday heat. each automobile boasted steel rims and faded paint, ...

that hollow feeling after a night of communion took over my insides. the sky was greyed-out, monotonous and threatening in all its clo...

the wind pushed my back. water-based birds sailed overhead. i passed more birdwatchers with very long lenses and full heads of hair. the...

the road bends before the top, hiding its summit around rock cuts and green tractor mailboxes. the hill is barely a hill. it is not long...

i failed. as we approach a new back-to-school season and the constant evaluation and feedback and lists and notes, it is imperative to...

i ran like an arrogant ass. when people would talk about their race goals, i would feign interest. i cared that they were trying to ru...

she counted down the five seconds out loud, over the snuffling noses and dripping elbows, over the hum of another oncoming bus so incong...

she came over that friday night as usual, relatively unannounced and wholly wished-for. she always comes by when i need her the most, an...

i put my laundry away single-handedly and without any particular pride in the action. looking down, there was more space on top of th...