#262: Nine on Nine–For the Birds

Mother is pissed partly because the oncologist made an appointment without consulting her; they scheduled her too early in the morning so she just says, screw it, I’m not going to let them tell me. It’s also the breast cancer, the second time around, and the fall a week or so ago that gave her aContinue reading “#262: Nine on Nine–For the Birds”

#260: On Fortuitousness

“There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”–Hamlet That broken tree branch swinging in strong wind, caught by the branches of another tree ready and cocked for catapult toward the truck in the driveway, finally let loose and fell. It missed the truck by just a few short feet. But a duck was hitContinue reading “#260: On Fortuitousness”