Fiction, Essay, Photography … Sometimes Vampires
I am 18 days away from my due date, and according to doctors my baby is head-down, getting ready for birth. We're healthy! I'd like to tell every smug weirdo who has ever been unpleasant about my 20-year vegetarianism that my blood pressure has consistently been 120-over-80 for this pregnancy, but actually, I don't care… Continue reading Last Chance Before Life Change
Our air conditioning at home is fixed (more accurately, a new unit was installed). And not one moment too soon: one heat waves breaks and another begins. The weather has been brutal for a solid month, maybe longer. I guess that's what summer is now. I just can't be outside as much as I would… Continue reading Hot Cloistered Summer
Here are some things I did throughout the second half of September 2022: Said hello to Penn State: Explored Harrisburg, PA with a river walk and a book store: Jersey Shore Poetry Excursion: Watched the leaves start to change: Made a from-scratch sauce out of my garden, and otherwise observed season change: Backyard bean harvest:… Continue reading End of September
We had a late April frost and then an early May heatwave, so the first TWO rounds of my sprouts for raised bed veggies were toast. I had to start over so many times it felt like I'd never get to eat out of my garden this summer. Then came the "Sturgeon Moon," and my… Continue reading Bearing Fruit
Laura Eppinger 