Bob’s Your Uncle

Into the Wilderness: Story 61 The scenario. You’re eating Cheerios with oat milk, stepping snow-logged boots onto your commuter bus or simply sitting at your desk with a nice cold foam brew when it happens. A memory laden with rage or despair roils out of your synapses and your lungs clench in a breathless remembrance.Continue reading “Bob’s Your Uncle”

The violence inside

Into the Wilderness: Story 47 When you grow up in a family with rage, the violence festers inside you. It fuses with your genes, a biological link now passable to future generations. I know this because I am the angry daughter of a furious man. I have borne a child who simmers and seethes; angerContinue reading “The violence inside”