The Hope in the Bottom of the Box

[on a grandchild, less social media, a new chapbook, and a good lentil soup]

It has not been the easiest of tasks to live with hope in a country where every day we face a barrage of executive orders from a would be dictator that is dismantling checks and balances as we speak. I was trying to go into 2025 just living my best life and I didn’t need or want this relentless barge of shit being thrown at us. It can spin one into the …