Lighting the Way
A heartfelt thanks to all who inspire and conspire to make Minutes Before Six a light in the…
November 26, 2023
A heartfelt thanks to all who inspire and conspire to make Minutes Before Six a light in the…
November 26, 2023
“So at a knockI emptied my cageTo hide in the worldAnd alter with age.”– Robert Frost, excerpt from…
November 19, 2023
Over the past year, I have worked on being more grateful. My mindset has tried to see things…
November 12, 2023
I. The knuckles of the index and middle fingers are called the ram’s head, Bobby Lee had said.…
November 5, 2023
It was in the early 90’s and I was a few years into a 35-year bit at a…
October 29, 2023
In 2016, I was housed at Sierra Conservation Center in the California foothills where six days a week…
October 22, 2023
As the years go by, I feel like ‘m fading more and more into the darkness. Every year…
October 15, 2023
My mommy stayed quiet, a stabbing in my chest, as Mama Pera, my father’s mother, matter-of-factly suggested having…
October 8, 2023
I was standing on my table, leaning forward to brace on the back wall so that I could…
October 1, 2023
Dedicated to a lawyer Mom knew At first, I could not believe it was him. I squinted in…
September 24, 2023