Year: 2019

House December 2, 2019

Ordinarily, it's covered up with a carpet of green, a lawn that we fastidiously maintain. Underneath it all, however, there's...

House October 17, 2019

Under the lilac, whose plum-colored blooms had long since fallen away, the grass fell long in a single direction, set...

House October 3, 2019

To be in the city and not seemed the ocean would have been an insult, so I rose before dawn...

House October 3, 2019

It had been a home but was now a small hotel serving as a flophouse for foreigners visiting the city...

House February 26, 2019

I was being taught to appreciate the quality of light at certain times of day, believing that banality was an...

House February 26, 2019

I skipped the General Assembly, knowing that it was all just a simulation, meant to train us to some day...

House February 26, 2019

My companions were only seeking the feeling of speed, of a fast foot on loose material. I was looking for...

House February 26, 2019

There is something simple about lines going in the way that we expect them to, bringing a sure foot even...

House February 26, 2019

One was a toy given to a boy they hoped might become a medical doctor some day, if only they...

House February 26, 2019

One of the office buildings I work in when I go to Chicago has an office on the 28th floor...

Longing for another choice