Monthly Archives: July 2019

a reckoning

Posted on July 30, 2019 by meaghancc

My college animal behavior class with Professor Hans. We learned about so many natural wonders – how the honeybees do their elaborate waggle dances, shimmying and swiveling in a figure 8 to give their comrades the precise location of the … Continue reading →

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To go back to where you came from – from west to east

Posted on July 13, 2019 by meaghancc

I peer out the window, neck craning to see if it’s snow, or sand, or the prairie. The Sierra Nevadas give way to smaller mountain ranges, then rainshadow deserts, the great salt flats. The western Rockies like spikes, unsettled and … Continue reading →

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sliver of glass

Posted on July 13, 2019 by meaghancc

What they don’t tell you is that a sliver of glass, quietly, stilly sitting on the dirty corner of Mission and 17th , patiently waiting for you to fall on it, can cut your hand. It can draw blood, dripping … Continue reading →

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organized groups of cells

Posted on July 9, 2019 by meaghancc

When does an organized group of cells become organized enough to do something? Beat a heart? Synapse a brain? Wiggle a finger? When mike and I made the decision to harvest my eggs before starting chemo, I wasn’t really focused … Continue reading →

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tar bubbles and hospice

Posted on July 6, 2019 by meaghancc

Tiffany and I are sitting in our diapers, topless, in the middle of west 5th street. It’s summer. There were popsicles involved, I think. Her lips were bright red. We poked and popped the tar bubbles on the street. It’s … Continue reading →

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