porch stories

Parentheses Books — UPDATE! Parentheses Books On the 25th of October, our very own independent bookshop, Parentheses Books opened. It’s a...

Ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties…

”I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, crisp sunburnt leaves.” — Ann Drake Photography: C.Chisare, 2022...

…is my favorite color.

(Parentheses) Books to open — SOON! Harrisonburg’s own independent book store will be opening SOON! There have been a few unavoidable...

“I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things...

“The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about—clouds—daffodils—waterfalls—what happens in a cup of...

NOTE: I never believed that Jane Austen and “trigger warnings” would ever be uttered in the same breath — really? But in reality, this...