gingpinMay 187 minCrossing by MyselfEditor’s Note: I wrote this travelogue-style essay in November 2018, while visiting my daughter Caroline during her service with Peace Co...
gingpinSep 20, 20181 minWhy I Was Mean - From Eckerd ReviewMy goal, in this nonfiction essay, was to provide a first-hand report on what Russ Douthat described in The New York Times as the 1970s c...
gingpinSep 17, 20181 minFinding Mom's Gun - from Gravel Magazine“You need to find her gun and hide it,” my sister mumbled while our mother, propped in a hospital bed, prattled on about finding Bigfoot....
gingpinSep 12, 20181 minTagged - from Atticus ReviewBased on my partner’s encounter with U.S. Customs officials at Dulles airport, this essay is a romantic exploration of the discrimination...
gingpinSep 3, 20181 minThat Damned SkateboardAt her neck’s nape, the red splotch still lurks, a sunny chick’s fuzz covers the scar of snarling angels, roaring, refusing her newborn r...