Off the Map
Map of Echoes
THE LAB TECH wheels in her ultrasound machine as I lie in the hospital bed, ready to bare my chest. The hope is to know why, yesterday, my heart throttled up Continue reading
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Off the Map
The Cartography We Can’t See
How might we draw on the maps of our imaginations to create a world we want to inhabit? Continue reading
Abundant Noise
On the Persistent Influence of Place on Sound
Music evolves within ecosystems just as birdsong adapts to its landscape: canopy birdsong is adapted to canopy foliage, savanna birds to grass. Continue reading
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Coffee in Jail
1. THERE IS NO COFFEE in the Chemung County Jail. There used to be coffee. Also parenting classes, drug counseling, and the opportunity to purchase, from the jailhouse commissary, packages of Continue reading
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United We Sweat
CONFESSION: summer isn’t really my season. I like soft spring afternoons, and crisp, smoky fall evenings. And I love the snows of winter. When it gets really hot, my instinct is Continue reading