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
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
5 min read
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
1 min read
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
3 min read
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
3 min read
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
2 min read
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
4 min read
Mar
16
Urban Park Culture: Celebrating the City Park Environment

Urban Park Culture: Celebrating the City Park Environment

The magazine is currently on hiatus, but you can enjoy the premiere issue here: https://online.anyflip.com/jwsef/upjt/
Mar
10
Illness and the Movement of Time:
Reflections on Architecture, Music, and the Benefits of Raw Honey (2018)

Illness and the Movement of Time: Reflections on Architecture, Music, and the Benefits of Raw Honey (2018)

The movement of time becomes painfully apparent when one is ill, either droning on during treatment and recovery, or fleeting
8 min read
Mar
10
Hawks of the Afternoon:
On the Beauty and Fear of Isolation

Hawks of the Afternoon: On the Beauty and Fear of Isolation

It’s early afternoon on a weekday, during a lull in my patrol of municipal land. The tires of my
2 min read
Mar
10
Library Digressions:
Curating the Chaos

Library Digressions: Curating the Chaos

Is it a library or simply a collection of books stacked for convenience in various parts of the house, frightening
6 min read