In the Zone
After a particularly beneficial acupuncture treatment, the silence comes from within. It has nothing to do with actual sound or the absence of sound. This kind of silence is a close cousin of [...]
Shady’s Goes Jambalaya
Tonight’s menu at Shady’s Cafe is quintessentially Cajun. We serve Mojo Jambalaya, red beans and cornbread for dinner. Dessert is homemade chocolate bourbon bread pudding with vanilla cream [...]
Progress on the Path
I have to tell myself that there will be a climax to my healing. It is not as though any of this is tangible. It is not like taking orthotricyclene and having everything run like clockwork. It is [...]
The Constant Flow of Voice
It has snowed for four days. While the moon swelled into fullness and now slowly wanes away like an apple, one sliver-slice at a time, so too the snow has climaxed and started to melt, infecting [...]
Further Reminiscing
For my seventeenth birthday party I had a little hoo-rah with a handful of friends. We decided we just wanted a slumber party and kept things pretty simple. There was nothing particularly [...]
Vedder Flashback (Condensed)
Eddie Vedder was mysterious and that’s why he was sexy. Of course, in eighth and ninth grade, I hadn’t yet made that connection; I was too overwhelmed and mesmerized by the music and the [...]
The Epic Joe Series Continues (Part 2)
I discover that planting in the larger pot is not much more difficult, but it is meticulous and the evening is growing long. It takes about half an hour to do each tray because every pot is [...]
The Epic Joe Series Continues (Part 1)
It finally occurred to me that in order to communicate with Jo about time, I needed to talk in terms of sunlight. A man who lives on solar power pays attention to sunlight, without a doubt – so [...]
