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When You Swim Out into the Ocean

By | 2023-03-09T12:43:04-08:00 March 15th, 2023|Categories: Issue 139: 16 March 2023|Tags: , , , , |

By Claudia Wair   You float on your back, your face barely above water. There’s nothing but the silence of the ocean in your ears. In the saltwater’s embrace, you drift, weightless. You stare at the clouds above, trying to empty your mind. You’re away from the beach. Not so far that the lifeguard blows her [...]

To Face Ourselves

By | 2020-03-15T14:13:51-07:00 March 19th, 2020|Categories: Issue 106: 19 March 2020|Tags: , , |

By Claudia Wair   Most people keep their masks in a kitchen drawer or hang them up on a rack next to their keys. The masks are then easily accessible in case of visitors and when you’re on the way out of the house. My mother is different, though. She keeps hers in the top drawer [...]