Loose Leaf Notes

Christmas carols at Logan airport are blaring so loudly that the imagined sound of my mother’s whistle calling for assistance is buried in the background.  My hands smell of coffee, dried prunes and soap.  It’s 9 a.m. and I’ve been up since 4.  My mother is fragile and one of my brothers is still drinking.  […]

~ The following was published in  the November issue of Natural Awakenings of Southwest Virginia magazine For two decades Floyd potter Jayn Avery lived completely off the grid. The country home where she and her partner raised their two daughters was built in 1929 by a local farmer for his bride’s parents. It had no […]