Tiffany TrentPomona’s PenanceThe story is that Pomona, wood nymph of orchard fruit, goddess of “what is to be taken,” according to the root words, lived quite happily…6 min read·Sep 28, 2021----
Tiffany TrentSometimes a QueenThere’s a humming silence in courtrooms the quality of which I’ve never found to be replicated anywhere else. On that day, the silence…17 min read·Aug 24, 2021----
Tiffany TrentAugust. And Everything After.Having just celebrated my 48th birthday, I have this odd feeling of having come through something, of being on the other side. It feels…14 min read·Aug 20, 2021--1--1
Tiffany TrentThe Power of NoI remember once taking my mother with me to a book signing at Barnes & Noble. We had lunch first, and in the course of our conversation, I…6 min read·Jul 31, 2021----
Tiffany TrentPast Perfect BoyI saw the shoes at the Goodwill in the wealthiest section of my hometown. They were impossible. Sizzling electric green with pink-tongued…15 min read·Jun 9, 2021--1--1
Tiffany TrentMany MothersI feel I may have written this in some other form once long ago; forgive me if I repeat myself. Mother’s Day is coming up, a day painful…3 min read·May 20, 2021----
Tiffany TrentThe Tree of LoveIf there’s one assignment I’ve dreaded seeing my kids bring home, it’s the family tree assignment. It was bad enough in preschool when my…7 min read·Mar 9, 2021--1--1
Tiffany TrentThe Girl in the Little Red BootsFor the past two months, I’ve been cooped up in my house, either gimping here and there in an aircast or working on my bed because it’s…7 min read·Feb 2, 2021----
Tiffany TrentThe Cicada TreeOn the morning of my daughter’s third birthday, I found a magnificent, newly-hatched cicada on our maple tree. Its wings were clear jade…6 min read·Jan 9, 2021----
Tiffany TrentFrom One Winter to the NextI’ve been thinking a lot in decades recently. It dawned on me today that I am exactly in the same place I was a decade ago — out of work…13 min read·Dec 21, 2020--1--1
