Posts by Garry

It’s a dance party on one on the many corona nights. Well past ten, past eleven, usually all three kids in bed, but now there is not much of a bed time. I’m trying to get 10000 steps a day within 100 meters. Doesn’t work. Then I try an exercise class, camera off, just knowing…

Lost and found in the pandemic From the beach at Mentone, my mother tilted her head towards the horizon. ‘Somewhere out there,’ she said, ‘further than your eyes can see, my father is asleep in his bed.’ Her eyes misted over and I sat upright on my towel spread across the warm sand, hooded my…

My job as an elementary art teacher is both rewarding and many times exhausting. Most of my breakfasts consist of a granola bar and a banana. My lunches are usually a boring sandwich, with trips to the school vending machine for chips and a candy bar. Dinners are occasionally satisfying, but lots of times I’d…