Archive - The Long and Short of It

The view from the rise

all i want for christmas are two lungsful of balmy air

15 hrs ago •

You know what’s not interesting?

Dec 7 •

Sickbed Birthday

i lie straightjacketed ‘neath a weighted blanket

Dec 4 •

November 2025

I am departing from my usual breezy creative style to sit you down and tell you three things I just found out.

Nov 30 •

Thanksgiving, 2025

Nov 28 •

Picture Me Without Mucus

This is going to be the last post about my lingering illness, I swear.

Nov 26 •

Last month, I was thrilled to see a Little Free Library pop up near our house.

Nov 24 •

My Body, My Boss

Nov 20 •

He’s like a trapdoor spider, only lurking in plain sight near Charleston’s pineapple fountain.

Nov 18 •

I am celebrating my birthday a month early this year on an island in South Carolina with my whole family except daughter Eliza and her husband Dan, who…

Nov 15 •

So, I finished my novel.

Nov 11 •

Birthday Poem, Covered.

Yesterday was Sam’s birthday.

Nov 9 •

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