Pawscar Wilde
“I feel things deeply. I just don’t rush about it.”
✦ Selected Works ✦
From the Chaise Longue
The social posts. Observations that knew exactly how long they needed to be.
The Cookie Jar Remains Unmoved: A Legal Inquiry
The rules governing Father’s Day have not been posted anywhere I can find. It is 07:44. Dad is at the desk. I am at his… — read more
The Kibble Scoop: A Study in Inevitable Sound
The kibble scoop has a sound. It means something. It has always meant something. It will mean something tomorrow. Gus… — read more
The Geometry of Waiting: A Basset's Observations
It is 06:34 and the house knows something is coming. I do not follow soccer. I follow Dad. And Dad has been a specific… — read more
The Day Has Arrived, And I Am Vibrating
The USA plays today and I have never been more awake at 06:34 in my life. I do not know what has happened to me. The… — read more
The Early Morning Decibels of Celebration
The confetti is probably already down. Mom has been making a sound I don’t usually hear before 09:00. Some mornings… — read more
The Mathematics of Maternal Bewilderment, Observed
Mom does not live in New York. The parade is in New York. She is in the kitchen, in Bend, at 08:41, making the… — read more
The river keeps its schedule better than we do
The Deschutes has a smell in the morning that belongs to no particular day. I know this because I have stood at its… — read more
The Arithmetic of Denial: A Study in Cookie Mathematics
Dad makes chocolate chip cookies. Mom says she doesn’t really want one. Then she has one. Then she has another one and… — read more
On Choosing Sunlight Over Family Commentary
The television is loud and Mom has opinions about a Portuguese man she has never met. I am on the sofa. The sun patch… — read more
On the Curious Devotions of Bipeds: A Morning Observation
The house smells like coffee and something has shifted. Mom is watching something and the sound from the other room is… — read more
The Neutral Observer Notes a Goal, Unmoved
Mom has declared allegiances I was not consulted on. The television has been on at unusual hours. Dad occupies his… — read more
The Geometry of Her Actually Being Here
The scent of her coffee reaches the studio before her footsteps do. Mom is home now — not just weekends, not just… — read more