STIRRING
Founded in 1999, Stirring is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet.
Stirring is an electronic quarterly journal.
Founded in 1999, Stirring is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet.
Stirring is an electronic quarterly journal.
JEFFREY S. HARTNETT
in one of three kitchens I have known, if the upper door is opened, tenderly,
there is light, falling upon what could be taken as grace,
and lines like grasses.
and a shape, like the nesting of the earth, or a cupped palm,
cool and somewhat fleeting in its manner, or shy, and a special space,
and i am saving that space for you.
it might be filled by you, another person, a friend,
with an unfamiliar series of deeds and thoughts,
forever private.
it is a space offered.
it is a gift of trust, for a kitchen is an inner place,
which breezes from oncoming storms can settle in and help.
hear me, i am writing this for you.
Jeffrey S. Hartnett is a retired professor of architecture who grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. After earning a BS from the University of Virginia and a MArch from the University of Texas at Austin, he taught at various universities, from coast-to-coast, including for two years in China, with a teaching focus on foundation design studio and history/theory. He’s discovered that the intense iterative process of designing buildings and writing fiction are almost exactly the same — get a compelling idea and then spend 98% of your time developing and editing. He is married and has one son and a cat Sonny (brother of Cher) and lives in Portland Oregon.
