Something has been going on behind the house across the street. Months ago, a diesel generator arrived. They parked it in the street. It was a bad sign. I could mitigate the impact of this growling and odiferous beast by closing the window. But last week the jackhammers arrived.

The jackhammer is an instrument […]

4. Bone Idol

My mother worshiped me when I was a child. She called me bone idol. I don’t know why she didn’t refer to be as a gold idol or a demigod. But there you are, children can’t fathom the depths of mothers’ minds.

I was always perplexed at her seeming frustration with me. “You just […]