Words for the reeling times

Reflecting on a big open sky and pretty clouds above an outdoor cafe in Albuquerque, from a good memory day that now hurts. Preface I have been reeling hard, deep in the reeling places, and wrote this piece to explores some of that, in between many panic episodes....

Burn After Naming

Image: A tea light in a tall glass jar is a makeshift incense burner, with a small plant & art print of a cattle skull, gold backdrop Memory I wanted a feast day to commemorate the one year anniversary of my concussion (consussiversary?), and you will be...

A Swimming Story

Image: View of a favorite lake in New Mexico where I have never once gone swimming, blue-green water, surrounded by juniper and piñon, I am asking the water to lend its powers of free movement, clarity, and something that is both open and contained. A Chat With The...
The Fluent Self