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image of a fluffy cumulonimbus cloud on a bright day

diary

Nov 7, 2025

Impromptus

Just get it out there already...

image of a fluffy cumulonimbus cloud on a bright day

diary

Nov 7, 2025

Impromptus

Just get it out there already...

image of a fluffy cumulonimbus cloud on a bright day

diary

Nov 7, 2025

Impromptus

Just get it out there already...

nonfiction

Sep 25, 2025

Looking up

What happens when you stop shrinking?

nonfiction

Sep 25, 2025

Looking up

What happens when you stop shrinking?

nonfiction

Sep 25, 2025

Looking up

What happens when you stop shrinking?

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diary

Sep 4, 2025

Questions with no answers

Not living the questions.

diary

Sep 4, 2025

Questions with no answers

Not living the questions.

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, circa 1970s television glory

nonfiction

Jul 11, 2025

On Playlists

A remembrance of playlists past and present.

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, circa 1970s television glory

nonfiction

Jul 11, 2025

On Playlists

A remembrance of playlists past and present.

diary

Jun 15, 2025

Father's Day

A note of thanks.

diary

Jun 15, 2025

Father's Day

A note of thanks.

cover of exhibition catalog for A Primal Spirit from 1990-1991

diary

May 18, 2025

Kismet

When certain things align out of nowhere.

cover of exhibition catalog for A Primal Spirit from 1990-1991

diary

May 18, 2025

Kismet

When certain things align out of nowhere.

Sony cassette tape, image from tapedeck.org

nonfiction

May 15, 2025

Umm Kalthuum and the song that raised me

The day I am happy with your nearness.

Sony cassette tape, image from tapedeck.org

nonfiction

May 15, 2025

Umm Kalthuum and the song that raised me

The day I am happy with your nearness.

Bokeh inside my purse. Photo by my stupid iPhone.

diary

Apr 17, 2025

The wound

Safety is an illusion.

Bokeh inside my purse. Photo by my stupid iPhone.

diary

Apr 17, 2025

The wound

Safety is an illusion.

Here II, 1965, by Barnett Newman, seen as a representation of the Crucifixion. Core ten steel.

diary

Apr 7, 2025

A rumination on some words

Excruciating, for starters.

Here II, 1965, by Barnett Newman, seen as a representation of the Crucifixion. Core ten steel.

diary

Apr 7, 2025

A rumination on some words

Excruciating, for starters.

A fire burning in a fireplace, with sparks and flames and logs on an iron. Photo by Rafia Mahli

poetry

Dec 3, 2024

Fireflies

a poem of summer

A fire burning in a fireplace, with sparks and flames and logs on an iron. Photo by Rafia Mahli

poetry

Dec 3, 2024

Fireflies

a poem of summer

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diary

Sep 4, 2025

Questions with no answers

Not living the questions.

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, circa 1970s television glory

nonfiction

Jul 11, 2025

On Playlists

A remembrance of playlists past and present.

diary

Jun 15, 2025

Father's Day

A note of thanks.

cover of exhibition catalog for A Primal Spirit from 1990-1991

diary

May 18, 2025

Kismet

When certain things align out of nowhere.

Sony cassette tape, image from tapedeck.org

nonfiction

May 15, 2025

Umm Kalthuum and the song that raised me

The day I am happy with your nearness.

Bokeh inside my purse. Photo by my stupid iPhone.

diary

Apr 17, 2025

The wound

Safety is an illusion.

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