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The inside trim on the rim of Viva’s black-framed eyeglasses is a modern shade of electric blue. This is the first thing I notice as she stands squarely in front of me, eyes sparkling from the [...]

Eve’s Night Out is a whopping success. We have fourteen readers and run for two and a half hours, audience totaling twenty. Precisely in the middle of Nowhere, Appalachia, this is no small feat. [...]

On a whim, I drive to BigCity, NC for meditation. The long drive is usually reserved for Sundays, because there is a two hour meditation session as opposed to the one hour session on weeknights. [...]

MGL shows up everywhere. He is at Joe’s when I am trying to concentrate on the Latin names of plants. I fumble my words as I dig in the very gardens that he and I first met in. When I try to [...]

Jade is doing yoga in her underwear when Viva and I walk into her winter rental apartment up at the craft school. She blushes, stretches out of upward facing dog pose, and stands upright. Her [...]

No,I decide, no. This is not my life. Meaning, that of course now I know the truth, but after a day of meditation I can say with confidence I am happy to let him have his life, that mess which he [...]

(THE LINKS WORK NOW…) A letter arrives from MGL. He is in prison in south Georgia. This is no place for a liberal activist with a big mouth who has been accused under the Patriot Act of [...]

Some days it feels impossible to zoom in on one magical moment and paint its picture. Instead, the day begs for lists and making up new words and total disregard for explanation of context. “Let [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]