Wash
Wash
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 The drudgery of clearing ashes from a fireplace is lost on most warm climate folks. Sweeping them inevitably pushes a powder thin cloud into the air creating a haze that later settles on furniture, sills, curtains…
Feather Weight
Feather Weight
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 Often attributed to St. Philip Neri, a sixteenth century Italian priest, the story of a fantastically creative reaction to a confession goes something like this. A woman tells her priest that she has repeated a non-flattering…
Moved
Moved
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 “I love moving,” said no right-minded person ever! Moving is inconvenient. Whether short or long, temporary or permanent, to a better circumstance or away from a harsh one, moving inevitably involves a great deal of discomfort.…
Partly Cloudy With a Chance of…
Partly Cloudy With a Chance of…
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 We’d never really experienced a family like this one. They were different. Completely different. I suppose with any family one would expect to learn the characters over time. Their quirks and habits. Ways and gifts. The…
Don’t Forget to Remember
Don’t Forget to Remember
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 They had this argument fairly often. Argument’s too strong a word. Debate maybe? A point of periodic tension? Anyway, here’s how it usually went down. “I love you Jerry,” she’d say. “I know Sally!” he’d…
BLAH BLAH BLAH
BLAH BLAH BLAH
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 Writers, by and large, are an insecure lot. Imposter syndrome comes relentlessly like sugar ants marching through razor thin kitchen crevices or mosquitos invading summer’s rest. To write a book-length work is to live 24/7 like…
THUNK THUNK THUNK
THUNK THUNK THUNK
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 You’re little right? And you’re standing in line at an amusement park ride. You know in your head it’s just a ride, but still, you’re little. So your adrenaline is running higher and higher as you…