Fiction, Essay, Photography … Sometimes Vampires
Eclipse 2024 Last week began with a total solar eclipse in the US, though we weren't in the path of totality ... and then clouds covered it at the big moment. Well, I can tell the light is diminished in these images, leading up to the moon covering the sun. The light is not quite… Continue reading Bodies: Celestial AND Human
This year was the second annual Bookends Day in Washington, D.C., where I (the oldest sibling) visit the youngest sibling of my family for a day of museums, good food, and other adventures. I love traveling through Philly: It's exactly two hours on Amtrak from Philadelphia to D.C. First stop: Union Market neighborhood for pupusas.… Continue reading D.C. Museums Make Excellent Connections
Here is the headstone of Dorothy Day, at Resurrection Cemetery in Staten Island, New York. Yesterday I sat and visited Dorothy with my dear friend, who I met during my first semester of college—20 years ago. The day felt blessed because straight away we spotted my favorite animal, sunbathing: I think about Dorothy all the… Continue reading Dorothy Day Tribute Weekend
I texted this picture to myself and said, It looks like Swamp Thing is aggregating here. Which makes me laugh: It's true! And there can be something a little unsettling about things once asleep waking back up. The time change has messed with my sleep and routines. And oh boy, thanks a lot for seasonal… Continue reading Spring Fever
This is the most sinister photo of the hints of early Spring I have EVER taken Reading Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad got me talking, out loud, like: "As we know, clever Odysseus was favored by the goddess Athena." I've found that one benefit of marriage no one talks about is: there's always someone… Continue reading The aegis of the wasp
Laura Eppinger 