Emily Arin Snider
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Writer, songwriter, painter, gardener, life coach, energy psychology facilitator, and community builder. Web: https://www.emily-arin.com/
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Where She Stands
Giantdog, raggedy old mule, breathes in the yellow afternoon tied to a fence in front of a two-story house outside of Ganderville. It is September and Freddy is hunting sparrows with an old wood gun. Dressed strictly in black—beret, turtleneck and slacks—Freddy looks, from far away, like a skinny, oversized crow in the field. He walks slowly over the grass and aims his rifle at the sky. His wife Jeppa takes a picture.
By Emily Arin Snider4 years ago in Fiction
Not Unbeautiful Entirely
The flock of pigeons on my block has been growing unnervingly bold over these swampy summer months. They strut around on the abandoned porch next to ours, roost on the roof in increasing numbers, and wait until the car tires almost touch them to get out of the road.
By Emily Arin Snider4 years ago in Humans
Scissor Happy
At age three, I got my hands on my first pair of scissors. They went straight to my hair and made a rainbow shape in my bangs. I have a vague memory of staring in the floor-length mirror and being haloed in gauzy afternoon light. No angels were singing, but my heart thumped with pride at the transformation I made with my own little paws. As I wandered into the living room though, my mom’s look of shock let me know I had crossed a line. What followed was a stern talking to and a new understanding that “we don’t do that.”
By Emily Arin Snider5 years ago in Humans
