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13 January 2020

Be A Light

By | 2020-01-13T04:59:14+00:00 January 13th, 2020|

The New Year’s sun has yet to greet me, but it’s a peaceful morning commute on Seattle’s light rail. I take my seat in a nearly empty car. It’s quieter than usual after the bustle of the holidays. I yawn as the tracks hum beneath me, whisking me toward my routine, to work, while [...]

10 December 2017

A Brave Hello

By | 2017-12-11T15:44:08+00:00 December 10th, 2017|

I stand at a bus stop under falling leaves. Two women sit side-by-side, leg-to-leg on a bench. They are over seventy, I guess, seniors for sure. Their eyes appear darkly rimmed in eyeliner, but no, their teardrop shape is natural. Their teeth, though aged, glow against their ruby lips and dark skin. They are [...]

19 June 2017

Photobomb

By | 2017-12-11T15:49:47+00:00 June 19th, 2017|

“Laura, you don't need a flag. You are a flag. You could use a baton though,” one of my coworkers says to me as I, in my flowy kaftan, lead my parade of eight through the busy intersections of Pioneer Square like a marching ringmaster. Or maybe a crossing guard jogging it out with high-knees? [...]