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The woman didn’t ask for anything. She had a shopping cart and was sitting in the light in front of the Vietnamese restaurant that was closed on a quiet…
Mar 26
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#148
For instance, last night at the bar, the one where they have tv’s but they volume is off, and most of the sitting area is outside. That one, where the…
Mar 14
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#147
The shoes hurt my feet. There was a hole in one, just at the point where my big toe hit. The other had barely any sole left on the bottom. They were…
Mar 5
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February 2024
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We were out at the market in the old town and it was busy and the day was steel grey, clouds, but warm, too warm for the month, but the first…
Feb 25
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#145
We walked out of the gate and the air changed from charcoal and bar-b-qued meat to diesel engine exhaust. The plaza was where you loitered. Waited. The…
Feb 16
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#144
Winter days. Sunny but cold. The afternoon warms up. I sit outside and take my socks off while I read and let them warm in the sun. The dog walks the…
Feb 12
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#143
The ancestors are here at dinner in the quiet house. I welcome them in with a drink and a wink. They surface in times I need them, or, when I stop to…
Feb 1
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January 2024
#142
I try to medicate my mind with citrus. With zingy juice that shocks the brain into submission. A bright spot in the winter months, even if here the sun…
Jan 20
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#141
Bethany, the toll booth attendant, had been practicing her “Have a nice day” line since she got the job. Looking in the mirror in her bathroom, she say…
Jan 6
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December 2023
#140
After a few tries, the old Jaguar purred to life. It was cold. Morning. The desert, or at least, the outskirts of a city near the desert. Mountains in…
Dec 18, 2023
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#139
Can you own a city? I was asking my friend, but she wasn’t listening. We were outside, watching the rain. Me: doesn’t happen here as much as I’d like…
Dec 6, 2023
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November 2023
#138
Risky. An exposure. Profoundly vulnerable. Lick my heart. Let’s do this together. I’m not going anywhere. A tale of telling your crush that you have a…
Nov 18, 2023
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