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We’re not having a very successful nesting season. The house finches abandoned their nest before laying any eggs and the Western Bluebird eggs should have already hatched, but haven’t. I’m still hopeful because of something I recently heard from one of my fellow Audubon Board members. She told me that if birds don’t deem conditionsContinue reading “awaiting better conditions”

The plant began to grow in a potted Plumeria I had bought in San Pedro and brought back to the house in Fullerton. I had placed the Plumeria in the front porch beneath one of the 70 year-old Olive Trees which lined the front of the house. Did I mention that I recently found outContinue reading “The Olive Weed”

I pull over and my hands are shaking. I didn’t realize it had rattled me that much to accidentally be driving behind the rodeo cowboy for a few miles. I text my therapist. She understands the seriousness of it and says, “are you okay? You want to talk?” I tell her I’m okay, and willContinue reading “fire of another kind”

He first came here for the river and the salmon. He keeps coming back for me. He says he’s never met anyone who likes birds so much. He also says he likes me drunk because my walls come down and I sweet talk. He likes to take care of me and I let him. AndContinue reading “Take me as I am”

I missed you and extra chingo today and I wasn’t sure why. The isolation of being snowed in? Me just making my way though the grief cycle? I looked out the window and I knew why I was missing you; I was snow for you, and I would have stayed snow forever, falling and collectingContinue reading “The snow eventually melted”