Former Career Fire and EMS Lieutenant-Specialist, Writer, and Master Photographer.

Tag: Family


  • Everyone I Used To Know

    There are days when the silence swallows me whole, and it is not the kind of silence I once cherished—the silence of a cold Vermont night where even the pines seem to breathe in rhythm with me. This is the kind of silence that drips bitterness on the tongue, like chewing aspirin dry. It tastes…

  • Unwanted Then, Unshakable Now

    I went down to the river today because I needed to remember who I am. Not the version people expect. Not the one who always has the answer or the fuse already lit. Just me. Alone with the trees and the current and the kind of silence you can’t get when other people are around…