Mitzi Viola

Yours, mine and ours: Case studies in getting it wrong

Case one The inspiration for this piece was a trip to the nail salon last month.…
Life tends toward life

Life tends toward life. I don’t know when the words first appeared for me. It has…
No vacancy

Written from Advent 2010 to Independence Day 2011 ~~~ There’s this guy I know named Jesus. …
A tribute to lightning rods and other heroes

Someone told me once you catch a lot of heat – you know, you don’t always…
On being a redneck

It happened just recently. After reading a piece I wrote on the post-modern relevance of Atticus…
Fishing lessons

Fishing is the act of casting hope, and tackle, upon unclear waters. Sometimes you extract a…
Time in: Some thoughts on the passage of meaning

I have started this piece a thousand times in my head and once or twice on…
Rejoinder for the HOA

If I could buy one really large billboard for my yard, it would say: *get*over*yourselves* A…