They Call the Thing Rodeo

They Call the Thing Rodeo

[title subtitle=”words: Dwain Hebda Images: courtesy Avid Visual Imagery”][/title] A bright red gate swings open and a young bull charges into the arena. From the second the animal sets hoof in the powdery, cocoa-brown dust the crowd knows he’s looking for...
Becoming A Mother

Becoming A Mother

[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards “][/title] I became a mom when I was nineteen. Shortly before midnight on a Wednesday in November, my son came fast. It was harder than I thought it would be. I remember screaming out, “I can’t. I can’t,”...
30 Dollars in a Little Tin

30 Dollars in a Little Tin

[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I received my first camera on my ninth birthday. It was an old 110 mm film camera loaded and ready with my first roll of film. I also received thirty dollars in single bills stuffed into a little tin. I...
The Season of Hushed Expectation

The Season of Hushed Expectation

[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I spend the winter craving the world to turn green again. By February, it is a fairly desperate situation. Every morning, I sit at the living room window overlooking my garden. There is more mud than...

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