I've been at work in the family pistachio grove these past few months, pruning and clearing branches. I find myself in an ongoing conversation with the trees. I apologize for my saws and shears, trying to explain the demands of cultivation. That wild rustling I hear sure feels like laughter at the city boy turned orchard keeper trying to tame this little bit of nature as they clutch at my hat, pierce my shirt, and try to knock me off my ladder.

The words I've discovered in this tree stand will likely find their way into new pieces for posting. In the meantime, check out Meter Readings and Writer's Footlocker for the pieces already posted there. . .

Shallow Thoughts and Glib Reactions

Being under duress often seems to cause the comedy to seep out- like gouges in the maple tree . . . the wounds weep with sweet possibility.

On the Reading List

for entertainment and enlightenment:

A Gentleman in Moscow by Towles

Red-Headed Woman by Brush

for research:

The Essays of Elia by Lamb (a little like social media postings of the early 19th century)

Click the image above to be magically transported to Amazon for these titles.
Bozophobia and Immortalman can still be found on Amazon and through Bookshop.org.

Click on In the Works link here or in the menu above to read excerpts of longer pieces Scott is developing for publication.

Click on the Meter Readings link here to sample Scott's adventures in versicular mayhem.

Click on Going Off-Road link here to read about those times when the pavement gives out and the story is the journey.

Click on Credits link here or in the menu bar above to see where else Scott's short fiction has appeared. Click the title to read the piece.

All text (c) Scott Parson

Header image:  Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1964 (cropped)