Kristine Langley Mahler

"Something is calling to be inside my house, inside my heart; something is unmasking my weaknesses."

This vulnerable exploration of signs and signals in the author's life is focused, crisp, and deftly evocative. In brief meditations on bear and snake sightings, presences in the house, and the hopes and intentions of someone on whom expectations rest—as mother, elder sister, wife, artist—Kristine Langley Mahler opens doors and windows I did not expect.

A deceptively quick read I will be thinking about for a long time… (mere)