A. M. Palmer

A. M. Palmer

A retired urban park ranger, artist, and nonfiction writer, A. M. Palmer creates fresh content for a variety of readers.
Apr
27
Coffee at Mount Hope Cemetery

Coffee at Mount Hope Cemetery

Originally Published in MORIA: The National Literary Magazine of Woodbury University, November 30, 2020 I recall visiting the grave of
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Apr
20
Scenes from an Urban Park II

Scenes from an Urban Park II

This is my final collection of patrol photos, all of which I took over a considerable period of time. At
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Apr
15
Scenes from an Urban Park

Scenes from an Urban Park

I discovered this flipbook the other day, a collection of photos I organized during my time as a park ranger.
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Apr
14
On the Death
of a Moreton Bay Fig Tree

On the Death of a Moreton Bay Fig Tree

Originally Published in Otis Nebula Magazine, Summer, 2019 In previous years, the specimen had stood as a beacon in our
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Apr
13
Bubble Man: On the Strange Beauty of Street Performance

Bubble Man: On the Strange Beauty of Street Performance

Originally Published in Midway Journal, January 15, 2020 Attended by minimal props—and often within the heat and noise of
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Apr
13
Dream Testimony

Dream Testimony

No more than the residue of a day, unless otherwise ordained by God for a prophesy in due season, is
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Apr
05
Mother's Aviary: A Birthday Memorial

Mother's Aviary: A Birthday Memorial

I recall that my mother was lovely, even in the closing days of her life, as she sat in her
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Mar
29
Nighttime Landscapes:
A Memory of Iridescent Green

Nighttime Landscapes: A Memory of Iridescent Green

First Published in the Adelaide Literary Magazine Awards Anthology of 2018 The porch was elegant and functional. It extended from
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Mar
25
Create Beautiful Layouts

Create Beautiful Layouts

Perhaps you need to convey technical information to a lay audience, which is often daunting, or inspire colleagues to learn
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Mar
23
Jazz Pianist Hampton Hawes: Remembering a Relative

Jazz Pianist Hampton Hawes: Remembering a Relative

Originally Published in All About Jazz, 2020 He was my maternal grandmother’s nephew, the thin, handsome relation who grew
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