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The 1st and 15th
My grandmother kept two days a month. The 1st and 15th of the lunar calendar. My mother did not. I do now. This is how that happened.
Jun 10
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Cone of Uncertainty
Plywood t the hardwaare store. Bottled water at the grocery. The forecast cone widening across the Gulf. My first Louisiana hurricane season, and what…
Jun 3
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May 2026
One Percent
I was fourteen when my mother said it to me, in a school corridor between her morning session and my afternoon one. A diagnosis disguised as a lecture…
May 27
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The Hibachi
The fire was never the point. The fire was the door. What years of performing Japanese cooking taught me about being seen.
May 20
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The Grain
There is a city in south Louisiana, two hours west of New Orleans, that calls itself the Cajun Capital of the World.
May 13
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Forty Cents a Minute
In winter 1998, I drove four hours from Lafayette to Houston to pick up the woman I would later marry. I went to the wrong airport.
May 6
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April 2026
Level Three
One day old. A mass. A garage. What I promised, and what it cost, and what I am still paying.
Apr 29
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