Kristina Stykos Kristina Stykos

Aching for A Stranger

I was trying to catch up after missing a weekend with my "Great States" American Lawn Mower Co. manual reel mower, & the clover was definitely giving me a run for my money…

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No Outlet

I was very close to someone in my dreams …

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Hose Play

It was an old captain's chair; its brown canvas mellowed by age and it ripped when he sat down, half ejecting him onto the porch floor…

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My Peculiar Space

I searched for the break in the fireweed, where the tromped path goes down…

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Time Left

We had a tractor today, which was pretty great…

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Frances

I learned early on, to leave most of my family & friends un-featured, or totally out of sight, on social media…

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The Unwanted

Honestly, when I have weeks that are as complicated & morally demanding as these last few have been, I meet my physical work with a resolute spirit & force of will, bar none…

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Visitation

It's not unheard of in my profession, to sit splay-legged under a shrub, holding a tool…

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Full stop

Certain things become oddly satisfying, when you are single…

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Miracles

On my way to work I passed the farm stand again, & the same jolt of color moved me again, so I said to myself: go to the bank on the way home, get cash to put in the self serve box and buy those damn petunias…

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Parity

It was a week of driving to jobs, in different directions…

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Clouds

What is natural, anymore? …

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Bike Ride

She texted me, let a little time go by, then busted me, around mid-day, walking into my yard to find me still dreamily snipping things with my scissors…

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Gigi

We sat with the baby at the table…

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FR 90

Often a day has so many moving parts, by the time you have a moment to reflect, the day is gone…

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The Tiny Entrant

We all get pretty excited about a warm day, after so much rain and socked-in, characterless, muzzled skies…

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Convergence

We weren't sure but it was probably about after where we saw the tree on the deer camp, we started thinking about boundaries…

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Gived-up Country

A place so odd, you stop to absorb what's not right about it, disconcerting & pleasurable all at once…

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Never Dull

The fire's gone out, neglected while I was busy turning mountains into molehills, which is often what I'm doing…

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