Monthly Review: October 2025

Devil’s Lake, Ten Years Later

Here at this ledge,

this edge of everything, here is

your hand.

You do not mind my grip; you will not let me sleep,

much as my feet fear.

Here we sit beside ourselves as once we were,

all gleaming eyes and nimble limbs.

We leapt from stone to stone;

we climbed like stars, sure

we were immortal.

Time proves us fools (am I a coward too?).

I fear

the long

way

down,

forget the l o n g l o o k o u t.

That old horizon calls me from

our youngest memories

when I could dream of drifting leaves

instead

of plunking stones,

those days when love was just one step beyond

but never out of reach.

How young we were,

how unafraid of falling.

Here's what I read, cooked, and created in the month of October.

The Way of the Wildflower: Gospel Meditations to Unburden Your Anxious Soul, Ruth Chou Simons (★★★★★)--launch team
In the Unlikely Event, Judy Blume (★★★★)
The Bletchley Riddle, Ruta Sepetys (★★★★)
The Man in the Brown Suit, Agatha Christie (★★★)