SPEED, STYLE, POWER, AND FLOW
the first time i ever went surfing was in La Punta of Puerto Escondido in 2004. from what i’ve heard,...
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NAMASTE YOU CUNT
It’s not every day you get told you have the heart of a viper. I considered it. Then I thought,...
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THE OPTIMIST AND THE REALIST
BLACKBERRY SEASON Not far up the hill on the gravel road is an old local living in a trailer singing...
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CASHMERE ON THE COAST
It is always good to have cashmere on the California coast. One may encounter wind and sun, rain and fog,...
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PART TWO: THE HIGHWAY HOTEL
There is always an entry point to every story. This time it’s on the Green Line, riding up through South...
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Jesus Christ. This is what he said when he was finally inside of me. Like something had caught him off-guard,...
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Here is what I wrote:
The sense of a request I can‘t ever fulfill To love him only, forever And I already love more than...
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HE ALWAYS SAID, “BLAME ME.” NOW WE ARE.
Apologize? Look, I have said repeatedly, we made a mistake in creating the void.” — Governor Andrew Cuomo Here we...
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A PORT IN THE STORM
For my last happy hour with the Governor, I have to scour the cupboard for alcohol. It’s not that I’m...
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO
This afternoon the Governor’s smile was priceless. Yes, yes, we are going to go through the numbers and give you...
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SOLIDARITY DAY
It was a day of great jubilee. “When freedom come, I didn’t know what that was.” Abraham Lincoln officially outlawed...
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PRAYING TO THE GODS OF GOOD TIMES
Here we are in the (new) summer season, supposedly normal. That is to say, normal with a recent spike in...
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STATUES DIE TOO `
My brain had different thoughts underwater. Truth swimming, or sinking, seeping out the cracks. There is an unveiling in this...
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DAY 100
So speaking of elder wisdom, I just made pirogis for your Polish grandma. I made pirogis just so I can...
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LIFE MATTERS
Over the weekend the protests continue, many of them loud, some of them silent. All the lost lives that have...
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COLLECTING THE BONES
This is what we must do. We must say a prayer for our ancestors. We need to dig up and...
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HAMARTIA
A Silent Protest If you don’t know me by now — Standing up tall, finding your depth. Me sigue ?...
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#BLACKOUTTUESDAY
<Everyone is praying for you> I am brought back into presence by the song of a bird I cannot see....
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THE POLICE STATE
I ride home under the waxing moon at 2am on streets that are still vibrating. People are out, police are...
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LAVENDER RAIN
The rats are going to war against each other. We told you this was going to happen. I come home...
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DOING THE RIGHT THING
What happened to the American Spirit? What happened to that concept of mutuality? You know there is still a simple...
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THE AMERICAN DREAM
Surrogate babies born illegally in the Ukraine. A swelling online marriage business in Japan. The global theme is connection at...
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SHE’LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (WHEN SHE COMES)
Some think we are already on the other side of the mountain. That we have reached the peak, flattened the...
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OPHELIA’S MOONSHINE
It had to be in tulle, of course. With puff sleeves. Baby blue. Iridescent and irrelevant. “This is Made-To-Order Fashion...
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NAHARIN’S VIRUS, AKA LIFE FORCE
Listen to the crows in the back garden. They are saying something. In the crepuscule blue I hold myself, I...
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HELLO SIR, HEY SISTER
(On all those things that lie outside our spheres of knowing) I was very very emotional,” Jack said. He paused....
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TEMPORARY IMMUNITY
I kept my hope just like I hoped to… (You shouldn’t break your heart over the small shit. It’s time...
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BOONDOGGLING
We are speaking now about FACTS PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE. (As distinguished from political facts, or personal facts, or opinions. Though...
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RISE ABOVE
Now we‘re really starting to get into it. If we thought this was a bad dream before, now we are...
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ONLY DON’T KNOW
Now we turn to the subject of expectations. The expectations we have of others, and those we have of ourselves....
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SOUL FOOD
What does your soul need? For me, this evening, it was a few good long hours in the kitchen, making...
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EMOTIONAL SUPPORT HOTLINE
What makes you feel good. It is both a question and a declaration. Enjoy your love; dig deeper. Living systems...
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AFTER THE RAINS
We are now in the second phase, of however many phases we do not yet know. It seemed quite benevolent...
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THE HALFTIME SHOW
(An interlude of history that didn’t happen, brought to you tonight curtesy of Salman Rushdie’s Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight...
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1000 NIGHTS, AND ONE MORE NIGHT
“The time-out-of-joint which we called the time of strangeness lasted for two years, eight months and twenty-eight nights, which is...
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CAUSE AND EFFECT ON STEROIDS
The Governor comes in singing, Good Morning, it’s Monday! He seems to truly realize how crucial it is to stay...
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HOW ESSENTIAL ARE YOU?
“See you on the social.” What a stylish mask, the Governor says. Very fashion forward. I manage to go a...
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ALPHA IS THE NEW GREEN (BE TOTAL)
Breathe like a sleeping tiger, like a fish, like butterfly wings. Intimate terrorism, they call it; Domestic violence. Tigers sick...
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AN ECONOMY OF PLEASURE
What is the distinction between policies of harm reduction vs policies of hope? Oh, the audacity of hope, here we...
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DIRT AND VITAMIN D
As she prepared to leave there was a small pause, then we both leaned in for a hug. It seemed...
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WHAT IF THEY HAD A WAR AND NO ONE CAME?
Overnight the vibe changes. With an early morning rain the temperature drops, and I come outside to find my bike...
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THE END OF THE BEGINNING
It was the desire for mashed potatoes that finally pulled me to the grocery store for the first time in...
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THE GREAT EQUALIZER
(Tribute piece to Governor Cuomo) Jesus came this morning to my door with his light and grace depositing success, good...
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BONE BROTH AND GARLIC SOCKS
About two weeks into quarantine, my emotions start to get deeper, and I begin to eat more chocolate. I don’t...
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IN THE REVOLUTION THERE WILL BE COOKIES
Today I felt the first pangs of loneliness, which caught me off guard. “I got this!” I had said just...
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SOMETHING DECIDEDLY UNSERIOUS
Aka, The Journey of the Dragon and the Delivery Boy and how they went to find the Big Man in...
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THE TASK OF COHABITATION
Overnight we are in the midst of a war. Those who can escape to the countryside. Those who can’t are...
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COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE
By now people are dying. Many already have, and more will join them. So far, we are the lucky ones....
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Love in the time of COVID-19
The outbreak of a global pandemic seemed as good a time as any to begin microdosing MDMA and LSD. Ego-dissolving...
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GUT GEMACHT
Gut gemacht. Was ? And that’s the point. It’s not a thing to remember, or even watch. We do not...
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BEING IN THE COMMON
Over the years it has become increasingly interesting for me to hear others speak of Emotional Permaculture. For one person,...
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