by Admin | Nov 8, 2022 | MT No. 13 Articles
Truly Loving it with Nate Mercereau It’s a familiar story at this point. When the pandemic effectively shut down what we might call “the old normal,” everyone had to adjust and adapt. As mentioned elsewhere in this issue, 1455 leaned into the possibilities of virtual...
by Admin | Nov 8, 2022 | MT No. 13 Articles
David Ebenbach Speaking of our friend Ron Charles, here’s what he had to say about the poet David Ebenbach in his latest weekly Washington Post Book Club newsletter: “There’s something reassuring about the way Ebenbach writes about even the most troubling issues of...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2022 | MT No. 13 Articles
Vicki Whicker Poems Winter’s Coming Autumn’s leafing Summer’s seeded stalks Bleeding colors Leaving grasses All aflame Tawny thatchings Grieving things Gathering survivals Garden’s golden folds Holding spiders Patient noisless...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2022 | MT No. 13 Articles
Kurt Mullen Why I Tell Stories I have a memory of an old tennis coach who drove a rusty Camaro in the 70s and who had a toy poodle called Cocoa. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, this memory, this man. His name was Mike. What’s great about remembering him all...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2022 | MT No. 13 Articles
V Hansmann But Build a House Work, love, build a house, and die. But build a house. —Donald Hall This yearning began in college. I took a survey course on Architectural History because it was reputed to be an easy B. The professor took pleasure in the fact that all...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2022 | MT No. 13 Articles
Kim B. Miller Haiku Poems Broken Look your mirror is not broken, you are. Pieces of truth can’t fix lies. Well Why don’t you sit with your victories like you sit with your failures? Well! Joy Your joy isn’t their job. Your crutch won’t fit under...