Tag Archives: death and dying

the bones of this land

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Kat Heatherington

i grew up on a mining claim in the mountains of central arizona. bear with me. i grew up in a nice-enough house on the poor side of a small town in the mountains of central arizona. i walked to … Continue reading →

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the perseids fall

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Kat Heatherington

the perseids fall. the weather breaks, sharp heat turning to sudden wind and sometime rain. i stand at the kitchen sink, scrubbing what remains of your life. a photo of the most beautiful work your hands ever made. the thing … Continue reading →

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what to remember

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Kat Heatherington

remember not that you argued with your sister, but that you sang in the kitchen alone, and the house remembered a sound it had not heard in years. remember fireflies blinking slowly in the roadside dark and a night sky … Continue reading →

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