Reflection

The Stranger Across the Table

The clock on the stove blinked 12:37. The young man sat alone at the kitchen table, turning a half-empty beer…

12 hours ago

Confessions of a Washroom Mirror

I am the mirror above a public washroom sink, and I have seen more human drama than a daytime soap…

2 weeks ago

A Nest Full of Nothing

Back when his feathers still had that youthful blue shimmer in the sunlight, he would fly low over the village…

1 month ago

When the Boots Stop Moving

We used to be the first thing he reached for in the morning. Before coffee, before the weather, before that…

1 month ago

The Trade We Never Noticed

When I grew up, gas was cheap enough that nobody treated a Sunday drive like a financial decision. Even with…

2 months ago

The Clock Nobody Owns

Most of us live like time is sitting in our back pocket, right beside our wallet and car keys. We…

4 months ago

Making Peace with Yesterday

Here is the quiet truth about regret. It does not knock politely. It barges in unannounced, usually late at night,…

5 months ago

The People We Outgrow

People rarely change all at once. They don’t wake up one morning as a different person, like a software update…

6 months ago

Dancing Sideways With Destiny

I have moved enough times in recent years to make my belongings suspicious of cardboard boxes. Eastern Townships of Quebec…

6 months ago

The Quiet Battle of Good Men

There is a strange sort of whiplash that comes with being a man these days. Not the fun kind you…

7 months ago