# PRODIGAL'S CHAIR

> Prodigal’s Chair is the online home of educator and author Tom Guzzio.

## Pages
- [ABOUT TOM](https://www.prodigalschair.com/)
- [A-letter-to-the-girl-i-never-met](https://www.prodigalschair.com/a-letter-to-the-girl-i-never-met): VINCE RAPPA SINGS A SHANTY OF SORTS TO SURVIVING SHIPS THAT SAILED.
- [A-season-among-humans](https://www.prodigalschair.com/a-season-among-humans): A BLUE JAY COMES INTO BEN ADELMAN'S LIFE AND TEACHES A LESSON ABOUT LEAVING THE NEST.
- [A-survivors-hierarchy-of-needs](https://www.prodigalschair.com/a-survivors-hierarchy-of-needs): LISA DESIRO'S POEMS TELL STORIES OF SURVIVAL AT THE INDIVIDUAL, COLLECTIVE, AND SOCIETAL LEVELS.
- [A-tale-of-two-shows](https://www.prodigalschair.com/a-tale-of-two-shows): A TALE OF TWO SHOWS
- [A-threshold-never-crossed](https://www.prodigalschair.com/a-threshold-never-crossed): DAVID SMITH LOOKS AT HOW FAMILY SECRETS CAN AND DO EVENTUALLY REVEAL THEMSELVES.
- [After-the-storm](https://www.prodigalschair.com/after-the-storm): E. ETHELBERT MILLER BRINGS US TWO POEMS THAT SHOW EVERY TEMPEST'S DICHOTOMOUS POTENTIAL.
- [All-that-have-life](https://www.prodigalschair.com/all-that-have-life)
- [Animal-control](https://www.prodigalschair.com/animal-control): USING AUSTRALIA'S FERAL CATS AS A STARTING POINT, TOM GUZZIO EXPLORES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MONKEYS RUN THE ZOO.
- [As-sweet-as-honey](https://www.prodigalschair.com/as-sweet-as-honey)
- [Ashes-to-ashes](https://www.prodigalschair.com/ashes-to-ashes): IN TOM CONWAY'S SHORT STORY, AS ONE LIFE PASSES A KNOWN UNIVERSE STARTS TO SLOWLY PASS WITH IT.
- [Avalanche](https://www.prodigalschair.com/avalanche): SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM REVEALS THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL CONTAINED WITHIN A SINGLE WORD.
- [Balls-strikes--the-poetry-of-the-absurd](https://www.prodigalschair.com/balls-strikes--the-poetry-of-the-absurd): BEN ADELMAN'S ESSAY EXPLORES WHAT KEEPS CASUAL FANS LIKE HIM GLUED TO A GAME.
- [Beyond-bells](https://www.prodigalschair.com/beyond-bells): YVONNE MORRIS OFFERS TWO POEMS ABOUT LEARNING BEYOND THE BOARDS AND BELLS OF SCHOOL.
- [Blue-dog](https://www.prodigalschair.com/blue-dog)
- [Bubbles](https://www.prodigalschair.com/bubbles): SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM EXPLORES THE MURK THAT IS HIDDEN BENEATH A PLACID SURFACE.
- [Bubbling](https://www.prodigalschair.com/bubbling): IN SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM HOME IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TASTE.
- [Clearing-customs](https://www.prodigalschair.com/clearing-customs)
- [Cloudless](https://www.prodigalschair.com/cloudless): CAMERON MATTHIAS CAMPBELL SHARES THE STORY OF A MAN WHO IS ONLY ALIVE WHEN DREAMING OF FAR-OFF STORMS.
- [Cycling-through-florence](https://www.prodigalschair.com/cycling-through-florence)
- [Damage-control](https://www.prodigalschair.com/damage-control): IT'S KID GLOVES FOR ANGRY KIDS IN THIS POEM BY VINCE RAPPA.
- [Delicious-dichotomy](https://www.prodigalschair.com/delicious-dichotomy): LIFE IN ALL ITS CONFLICTING GLORY FINDS KATIE SIMINGTON (ALMOST) AT HOME IN THE KITCHEN.
- [Dharamsala-animal-rescue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/dharamsala-animal-rescue)
- [Dirt-to-dust](https://www.prodigalschair.com/dirt-to-dust): IN SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM THE MATTER THAT MAKES UP A FAMILY IS NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED.
- [Dreams-of-my-mother](https://www.prodigalschair.com/dreams-of-my-mother): THESE SIX POEMS GREW FROM DREAMS LISA DESIRO HAD WHILE HER MOTHER WAS IN HOSPICE. EACH TAKES PLACE IN AND AROUND HER CHILDHOOD HOME.
- [Driving-blind](https://www.prodigalschair.com/driving-blind)
- [Dumb-love](https://www.prodigalschair.com/dumb-love)
- [Echo-chamber-spitup](https://www.prodigalschair.com/echo-chamber-spitup): VINCE RAPPA'S POEM IS A STREAM - NO, RIVER - OF CONSCIOUS RIDE THROUGH IRONY
- [Every-good-boy-deserves-fudge](https://www.prodigalschair.com/every-good-boy-deserves-fudge): EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FUDGE
- [Executives-survival-guide](https://www.prodigalschair.com/executives-survival-guide): DAVID SHAWN SMITH WONDERS IF YOUNG COMPANIES LIKE UBER CAN SURVIVE THE MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS OF THEIR CEOS.
- [Fill-in-the-blanks](https://www.prodigalschair.com/fill-in-the-blanks): BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS OVERLAP IN LIZ CIAMPA'S SHORT TAKE ON RELATIONSHIPS
- [Finders-keepers](https://www.prodigalschair.com/finders-keepers)
- [Flesh--bone](https://www.prodigalschair.com/flesh--bone)
- [Flowers-in-the-dustbin](https://www.prodigalschair.com/flowers-in-the-dustbin): FLOWERS IN THE DUSTBIN
- [Ghosts](https://www.prodigalschair.com/ghosts): THIS SONNET BY EDITOR TOM GUZZIO IS INSPIRED BY WHAT REMAINS AFTER THE OLYMPIC TORCH IS EXTINGUISHED.
- [Grand-conundrum](https://www.prodigalschair.com/grand-conundrum)
- [Haikus-for-teachers](https://www.prodigalschair.com/haikus-for-teachers): THREE HAIKUS BY TOM GUZZIO SEEK TO ELEVATE THE DAILY MUNDANITIES OF TEACHING.
- [Highchair](https://www.prodigalschair.com/highchair)
- [Hindsight](https://www.prodigalschair.com/hindsight): LISA DESIRO'S POEMS EXPLORE THE MISHAPS THAT ARISE WHEN PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO CONNECT.
- [Home-improvement-hell](https://www.prodigalschair.com/home-improvement-hell): KATIE BURT KNOWS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO REMODELING A KITCHEN WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN - THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.
- [Homed-at-school](https://www.prodigalschair.com/homed-at-school): BY WENDY GIFFORD. SOMETIMES WE BUILD A "HOME" ELSEWHERE WHEN THE ONE WE LIVE IN DOES NOT SUFFICE.
- [House-hunting](https://www.prodigalschair.com/house-hunting): IN LEE FOUST'S STORY FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE IS AS MUCH ABOUT DEFINING YOURSELF AS IT IS ABOUT STORING YOUR STUFF.
- [I-am-ironman](https://www.prodigalschair.com/i-am-ironman): DJ RACETTE OPENS A WINDOW INTO THE MIND AND MOTIVATION OF A TRIATHLETE.
- [I-asked-for-intimacy](https://www.prodigalschair.com/i-asked-for-intimacy)
- [I-hate-organized-sports](https://www.prodigalschair.com/i-hate-organized-sports): ED SCHUTTE PRESENTS ANOTHER PIECE FROM HIS DIGITAL ART SERIES, THIS TIME EXPLORING THE IRONIC COMMONALITY OF DIFFERENCE.
- [I-used-to-think-i-didnt-like-sports](https://www.prodigalschair.com/i-used-to-think-i-didnt-like-sports): CHRISTOPHER MATTERA COMES TO REALIZE THAT MAYBE HE IS A FAN AFTER ALL, JUST NOT THE KIND ONE MIGHT EXPECT.
- [Im-the-one-who-got-away](https://www.prodigalschair.com/im-the-one-who-got-away): I'M THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY
- [In-the-street](https://www.prodigalschair.com/in-the-street)
- [Indiana-jones--the-stones-of-el-juicio](https://www.prodigalschair.com/indiana-jones--the-stones-of-el-juicio)
- [It-was-probably-a-miracle](https://www.prodigalschair.com/it-was-probably-a-miracle)
- [John-the-baptized](https://www.prodigalschair.com/john-the-baptized): IN TOM GUZZIO'S SHORT STORY A YOUNG MAN TAKES TO THE WATER IN SEARCH OF CLARITY.
- [John-wesley-powell](https://www.prodigalschair.com/john-wesley-powell): CHRISTOPHER MATTERA LOOKS AT JOHN WESLEY POWELL AND HIS PROPHETIC VISION OF A THIRSTY AMERICAN WEST.
- [Leave-before-the-lights-come-on](https://www.prodigalschair.com/leave-before-the-lights-come-on)
- [Life-in-layers](https://www.prodigalschair.com/life-in-layers): A FAMILY TRIP LEADS BEN ADELMAN TO A BEAUTIFUL, YET NOTORIOUS PLACE THAT GETS HIM THINKING ABOUT THE MEANING OF SURVIVAL.
- [Loosen](https://www.prodigalschair.com/loosen): SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM LOOKS AT THE PROCESS OF LETTING GO AND FALLING INTO "THE ZONE."
- [Lost--found-canyon](https://www.prodigalschair.com/lost--found-canyon): CHRISTOPHER MATTER GETS, WELL, LOST AND FOUND IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.
- [Love-is-a-mix-tape](https://www.prodigalschair.com/love-is-a-mix-tape)
- [Mr-melvins-closet](https://www.prodigalschair.com/mr-melvins-closet): TIMOTHY CLUTTER'S SHORT STORY (OR IS IT A TALL-TALE? A LEGEND?) CENTERS AROUND A LONG CAREER AND A DARK CLOSET.
- [My-covid-19-soundtrack](https://www.prodigalschair.com/my-covid-19-soundtrack)
- [My-dog-is-better-than-you](https://www.prodigalschair.com/my-dog-is-better-than-you)
- [My-hometown](https://www.prodigalschair.com/my-hometown): CHRISTOPHER MATTERA'S SENSE OF PLACE IS ROOTED IN A TOWN WITH A LONG AND OFTEN COLORFUL PAST.
- [My-panda-problem](https://www.prodigalschair.com/my-panda-problem): An essay by Tom Guzzio on the complex relationship between humans and animals. Exploring themes of anthropomorphism, animal conservation, and personal stories of dogs and cats, Guzzio examines how our pets give our lives color and shape our legacies.
- [My-tepee-my-home](https://www.prodigalschair.com/my-tepee-my-home): RICK DESELM REBUILDS HIS LIFE IN A WAY YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT FROM A HOME BUILDER.
- [Neurosis](https://www.prodigalschair.com/neurosis)
- [New-pictures](https://www.prodigalschair.com/new-pictures): THIS SONNET FROM EDITOR TOM GUZZIO SEES A RELATIONSHIP'S ENDING THROUGH FRAMES ON A WALL.
- [NOTES FROM AN EMPTY TABLE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table)
- [Notes-on-snarge](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-on-snarge)
- [Novelty-overload--the-peculiar-anxieties-of-travel](https://www.prodigalschair.com/novelty-overload--the-peculiar-anxieties-of-travel)
- [Odes--toads](https://www.prodigalschair.com/odes--toads): LEE FOUST BRINGS PLAYFUL POEMS THAT SKILLFULLY CATCH OUT A BAKER'S DOZEN BIG-LEAGUE TEAMS.
- [Olympian-downfalls](https://www.prodigalschair.com/olympian-downfalls): CHRISTOPHER LINEBERRY'S WORK ASKS WHAT AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE'S PERSONAL FAILURE ON THE BIGGEST STAGE SAYS ABOUT THE NATION HE OR SHE REPRESENTS.
- [One--at-a-time](https://www.prodigalschair.com/one--at-a-time): THREE VIGNETTES BY TOM GUZZIO (AND DONALD TRUMP) EXAMINE GOVERNANCE BY TWITTER
- [One-day-when-i-was-found](https://www.prodigalschair.com/one-day-when-i-was-found): TOM GUZZIO IS A MIDDLE CLASS,WHITE AMERICAN MALE WHO HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH MALCOLM X THAN YOU'D EXPECT.
- [Our-masks--our-inner-light](https://www.prodigalschair.com/our-masks--our-inner-light)
- [PAST ISSUES OF PC](https://www.prodigalschair.com/past-issues-of-pc)
- [Pigeon-20](https://www.prodigalschair.com/pigeon-20)
- [Pilgrimage](https://www.prodigalschair.com/pilgrimage)
- [Playing-the-cards-youre-dealt](https://www.prodigalschair.com/playing-the-cards-youre-dealt): THE WIFE OF AN ADDICT WRITES ABOUT FINDING FAITH IN ONESELF AMID SEAS OF RISING DOUBT.
- [Poems-of-endurance](https://www.prodigalschair.com/poems-of-endurance): SUZANNE BOUCHER PROVIDES TWP PERSPECTIVES OF SURVIVAL FROM IN AND OUT OF THE CENTER CIRCLE OF "I".
- [Problems-of-democracy](https://www.prodigalschair.com/problems-of-democracy): LEVELLAND SNOW REMINDS US THAT THIS - THIS IS NOT NEW, AMERICA.
- [Publictions](https://www.prodigalschair.com/publictions)
- [Raising-an-unwanted-child](https://www.prodigalschair.com/raising-an-unwanted-child)
- [Receiving--release](https://www.prodigalschair.com/receiving--release): DAVID SMITH WONDERS WHY NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS CONTINUE TO BE PUNISHED WITH A SCARLET LETTER "F" AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR SENTENCES.
- [Reclamation](https://www.prodigalschair.com/reclamation): RAE PADILLA FRANCOEUR SHOWS HOW OUR SEARCH TO FIND OURSELVES THROUGH OUR STUFF EXTENDS EVEN TO THE HOMELESS.
- [Resurrecting-the-dead](https://www.prodigalschair.com/resurrecting-the-dead): RESURRECTING THE DEAD
- [Robert-frost-is-cyclical](https://www.prodigalschair.com/robert-frost-is-cyclical): THERE IS NO BEGINNING OR NO ENDING TO FROST'S PRESENCE IN AND OUT OF VINCE RAPPA'S LIFE.
- [Rules-of-engagement](https://www.prodigalschair.com/rules-of-engagement): RAE PADILLA FRANCOEUR SHOWS THAT THE GEARS OF DEMOCRACY GRIND CLOSE HOME
- [Running-for-my-life](https://www.prodigalschair.com/running-for-my-life): FOR ​RAE PADILLA FRANCOEUR THE MOST STRENUOUS GAME IS THE ONE YOU PLAY AGAINST YOURSELF, WITH TIME KEEPING SCORE.
- [Sagrada-familia](https://www.prodigalschair.com/sagrada-familia): CECILY POLLARD SHOWS THE STUNNING IMPACT AN ARDENT FAITH CAN HAVE, EVEN IN DEATH.
- [See-sighed](https://www.prodigalschair.com/see-sighed): VINCE RAPPA'S POEM IS A PLAYFUL LOOK BACK AT SUMMERS BY THE SEA (AND OTHER WET PLACES).​
- [Shhh-im-listening-for-god](https://www.prodigalschair.com/shhh-im-listening-for-god): DAVID SHAWN SMITH ASKS THE QUESTION ON THE MIND OF MANY BLACK MOTHERS, AND WONDERS IF THE CHURCH WILL ANSWER.
- [Sticks](https://www.prodigalschair.com/sticks): VINCE RAPPA'S POEM IS A REFLECTION ON A TIME AND PLACE ROOTED IN HIS MEMORY OF "HOME."
- [Straight-outta-the-tri-lakes](https://www.prodigalschair.com/straight-outta-the-tri-lakes): STRAIGHT OUTTA THE TRI-LAKES
- [Students-names](https://www.prodigalschair.com/students-names): A BLUR OF BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS SHAPES TOM GUZZIO'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE AND HIS MEMORY.
- [Sturdy-black-shoes](https://www.prodigalschair.com/sturdy-black-shoes)
- [Submissions](https://www.prodigalschair.com/submissions): Prodigal’s Chair is a small, online magazine that explores broad topics. Issues have included love, animals, travel; and, most recently, beginnings and endings.
- [Summer-sandals](https://www.prodigalschair.com/summer-sandals): SOMETHING YOU CAN LEARN FROM CATHY WEISS'S STORY IS THAT WE ARE ALL, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, REFUGEES IN A SENSE.
- [Susan-b-anthony](https://www.prodigalschair.com/susan-b-anthony): CHRISTOPHER MATTERA & CHRISTINE GRAY PROFILE A FOOT-SOLDIER FOR FREEDOM'S PROMISE
- [Thank-god-for-demetrius](https://www.prodigalschair.com/thank-god-for-demetrius): TOM CONWAY SHOWS THAT TEACHING ISN'T ALWAYS UPLIFTING HOLLYWOOD ENDINGS. BUT IT'S STILL WORTH IT.
- [That-suicidal-yes](https://www.prodigalschair.com/that-suicidal-yes)
- [The-animal-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-animal-issue)
- [The-back-to-school-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-back-to-school-issue): SEVEN PIECES EXPLORING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ALL THEIR MESSY, EXUBERANT GLORY.
- [The-badger-jackass-traverse](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-badger-jackass-traverse): A TRIO OF MODERN-DAY EXPLORERS TAKES US ROUND-TRIP THROUGH THE PAINTED DESERT.
- [The-beginnings--endings-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-beginnings--endings-issue): PIECES EXPLORING STARTS AND FINISHES OF ALL KINDS.
- [The-cadaver-synod](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-cadaver-synod): LEE FOUST'S SHORT STORY TAKES US INSIDE THE BASILICA OF ST. JOHN LATERAN TO WITNESS THE TRIAL OF A DEAD POPE'S CORPSE.
- [The-choice--chance-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-choice--chance-issue)
- [The-day-i-lost-my-fitness-tracker](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-day-i-lost-my-fitness-tracker): CATHY WEISS TELLS A STORY OF HOW LOSING SOMETHING CAN BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM LOSING SOMEONE.
- [The-democracy-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-democracy-issue)
- [The-faith--doubt-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-faith--doubt-issue)
- [The-gop-would-legislate-the-lgbt-community-into-oblivion](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-gop-would-legislate-the-lgbt-community-into-oblivion): CHRISTOPHER MATTERA LOOKS AT HOW LINCOLN'S PARTY GOT LOST ON THE FREEDOM TRAIL.
- [The-house--home-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-house--home-issue): THE HOUSE & HOME ISSUE
- [The-lost--found-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-lost--found-issue): Life is an unending game of hide and seek.
- [The-love-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-love-issue)
- [The-music-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-music-issue): THE MUSIC ISSUE
- [The-re-education-of-a-fair-weather-fan](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-re-education-of-a-fair-weather-fan): TOM GUZZIO RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP WITHOUT THE ANCHOR OF A LOCAL TEAM.
- [The-sports-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-sports-issue): THE SPORTS ISSUE
- [The-survival-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-survival-issue): SIX PIECES EXPLORING THE NATURE OF SURVIVAL AS A REAL AND ABSTRACT CONCEPT.
- [The-travel-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-travel-issue)
- [The-water-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-water-issue): Water, water everywhere...
- [The-wedding-singer](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-wedding-singer): THE WEDDING SINGER
- [The-wrong-issue](https://www.prodigalschair.com/the-wrong-issue): THE WRONG ISSUE
- [There-is-no-end-to-love](https://www.prodigalschair.com/there-is-no-end-to-love)
- [This-is-major-tom](https://www.prodigalschair.com/this-is-major-tom): THE SPEAKER IN TOM GUZZIO'S POEM LOOKS AT THE PARALLELS BETWEEN FALLING IN LOVE AND FALLING TO EARTH.
- [Those-who-can-teach](https://www.prodigalschair.com/those-who-can-teach): LEVELLAND SNOW LOOKS AT SOME OF THE HIDDEN FIGURES IN AMERICAN EDUCATION.
- [Three-cups](https://www.prodigalschair.com/three-cups): LISA DESIRO BRINGS TO THE TABLE THREE SONNETS, EACH CONTAINING A UNIQUE MEASURE OF WATER.
- [Threepoems](https://www.prodigalschair.com/threepoems): MICHAEL E. WOODS​ SHARE THREE POEMS THAT STRUGGLE WITH GRIEF AND LOSS IN A LOVING CONTEXT.
- [Trash-bag-with-a-face](https://www.prodigalschair.com/trash-bag-with-a-face): VINCE RAPPA'S POEM IS A PLAYFUL EXPLORATION OF LOSING YEARS AND FINDING - SOMETHING?
- [Two-from-the-hip](https://www.prodigalschair.com/two-from-the-hip): SUZANNE BOUCHER GIVES US TWO POEMS INSPIRED BY THE LAST ELECTION
- [Two-songs](https://www.prodigalschair.com/two-songs): BEN ADELMAN SHARES TWO COMPOSITIONS ABOUT THINGS WE GAIN AND LOSE WITH TIME.
- [Unwritten](https://www.prodigalschair.com/unwritten): PAUL BORST PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME BEHIND THE GAME.
- [What-happens-in-vegas](https://www.prodigalschair.com/what-happens-in-vegas)
- [When-losing-means-finding](https://www.prodigalschair.com/when-losing-means-finding): REVEREND CINDY ANTONUK DIDN'T FIND HER PATH UNTIL SHE LOST HER MOTHER.
- [Wind-water-canyons-sky](https://www.prodigalschair.com/wind-water-canyons-sky)
- [Word-play](https://www.prodigalschair.com/word-play): RETIRED TEACHER CARMEN BACA RECALLS HOW LANGUAGE COULD UNEXPECTEDLY BRING LEVITY TO LEARNING.
- [World-war-pee](https://www.prodigalschair.com/world-war-pee): BEN ADELMAN'S STORY IS AN EXPLORATION OF HOW RAGING AGAINST THE MACHINE CAN LEAD ONE DOWN UNEXPECTED PATHS OF PROTEST.
- [Writers-block](https://www.prodigalschair.com/writers-block): EDWARD HARTSHORN'S SHORT STORY SHOWS HOW "NOT" CAN BE THE EASIEST PRECURSOR TO GETTING STARTED.
- [Writing-in-free-fall](https://www.prodigalschair.com/writing-in-free-fall): RAE PADILLA FRANCOUER SEES EVERY ENDEAVOR - FROM WRITING TO WAKING - AS BEING SOURCED FROM A SINGULAR SEED OF FAITH.

## Blog Posts
- [I WAS SURE IT WAS WHITE AND GOLD...](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/i-was-sure-it-was-white-and-gold)
- [TEBOW CROSSES THE MEDITERRANEAN](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/tebow-crosses-the-mediterranean)
- [SWEET CAROLINE WILL NEVER WALK ALONE.](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/sweet-caroline-will-never-walk-alone)
- [WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE SOLID SUNS' UNGODLY HOUR](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/why-you-should-listen-to-the-solid-suns-ungodly-hour)
- [IT CAME FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE or THE DAY I TROLLED THE TROLLS](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/it-came-from-under-the-bridge-or-the-day-i-trolled-the-trolls)
- [VALENTINE'S DAY: BOWIE, PARKLAND, & HOW OUR KIDS WILL SAVE US FROM GUN VIOLENCE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/valentines-day-bowie-parkland-how-our-kids-will-save-us-from-gun-violence)
- [EXCUSE ME FOR A SEC...](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/excuse-me-for-a-sec)
- [I'M SORRY BUT I'M JUST THINKING OF THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/im-sorry-but-im-just-thinking-of-the-right-words-to-say)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 1: AH, VENICE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-1-ah-venice)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 2: SAME STORM, DIFFERENT BOAT](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-2-same-storm-different-boat)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 3: THAT'S WHAT I SAY](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-3-thats-what-i-say)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 4: THE GLIMMER TWINS WILL SAVE US](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-4-the-glimmer-twins-will-save-us)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 5: I STILL CAN'T DANCE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-5-i-still-cant-dance)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 6: CHOKE YOUR PRIVILEGE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-6-choke-your-privilege)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 7: BUT THINKING MAKES IT SO](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-7-but-thinking-makes-it-so)
- [MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK, TRACK 8: THE TRUTH THAT PROVES IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO LIE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/my-covid-19-soundtrack-track-8-the-truth-that-proves-its-beautiful-to-lie)
- [DANCING WITH MICH-AMERICA 1: FAIR AS EARTH AND AIR](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/dancing-with-mich-america-1-fair-as-earth-and-air)
- [I'M RICHMOND TIL I DIE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/im-richmond-til-i-die)
- [DANCING WITH MICH-AMERICA 2: UNDIMMED BY HUMAN TEARS](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/dancing-with-mich-america-2-undimmed-by-human-tears)
- [WRITER'S BLOCK](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/writers-block)
- ['CAUSE TANKS GO TOO SLOW](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/cause-tanks-go-too-slow)
- [TEN MINUTES TO THREE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/ten-minutes-to-three)
- [A GOOD WIFE](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/a-good-wife)
- [TRANSGENDER MICE & THE GREAT SPATULA PANIC OF 2024](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/transgender-mice-the-great-spatula-panic-of-2024)
- [SONGS THAT MEET THE MOMENT: "GRACE" - IDLES](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/songs-that-meet-the-moment-grace-idles)
- [SONGS THAT MEET THE MOMENT: "IT WILL GET WORSE" - LIFEGUARD](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/songs-that-meet-the-moment-it-will-get-worse-lifeguard)
- [SONGS THAT MEET THE MOMENT: "u and me at home" - WET LEG](https://www.prodigalschair.com/notes-from-an-empty-table/songs-that-meet-the-moment-u-and-me-at-home-wet-leg)