Jim Ross
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There is nothing. This is the important thing. I suppose I am sorry to tell you this fact, but underneath it all I am not sorry. I want to say that this is good news, but I do not expect that you would know what I mean. … I tried to find another way to say it, but in our language, there is no other way to say it.
1075
The path is never clear. Sometimes it is somewhat clear. Often it runs along a river. Often it runs inches from the darkest abyss.
1076
A lot of things can happen in a half bathroom. For example, if you are from Appalachia. … Not to mention that the two feral cats enjoy discussing Rachmaninoff while sleeping on my TV tray. I do not always remember to clean it properly once they leave and before I put a plate of food on it.
Marc Isaac Potter aka Marc Isaax Potter (they/them) … is a differently-abled writer living in the SF Bay Area. Marc’s interests include blogging by email and Zen. They have been published in Bluepepper, SledgehammerLit, BOMBFIRE, Punk Noir Magazine, Provenance Journal and upcoming in Levatio Journal. Their Twitter is @marcisaacpotter.
Jim Ross jumped into creative pursuits in 2015 after a rewarding public health research career in hopes of resuscitating his long-neglected right brain. With graduate degree from Howard University, in the past six years he’s published nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and photography in over 150 journals on four continents. Publications include 580 Split, Bombay Gin, Burningword, Columbia Journal, Hippocampus, Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Lunch Ticket, Manchester Review, Stonecoast, The Atlantic, and Typehouse. He’s published photo essays on such topics as street dogs and their human companions (Kestrel); the Berkeley Springs Apple Butter Festival (Litro); escaping into pilgrimage on The Way (New World Writing); and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington (Wordpeace). He’s also published photo essays using old postcards on such topics as the Postcard Debate on Women’s Suffrage (Barren); the postal origins of text messaging (Ilanot Review); and children as refugees and asylum seekers (Palaver, forthcoming). A nonfiction piece led to appearances in a documentary limited series broadcast internationally. Jim and his wife—parents of two health professionals and grandparents of five preschoolers—split their time between city and mountains.