When I was a teenager, I had five foot tall posters of the rock bands Kiss, Queen, and Peter Frampton on my bedroom walls. They were like alters to me. I loved those bands. After I saw each of the bands in concert, I would tape the ticket stub to the poster. The posters stayed […]
The pleasure of not reading the news
I haven’t read or watched the news in three weeks. It happened spontaneously. I realized how battered I’d felt from reading about the fires in my home state of California, the Corona virus, and the political and social discord in America. My heart felt pummeled. I lost my interest and stopped reading and watching the […]
The letting go of night
It’s late at night. I love the night. Everything is so simple. My mind thinks less. My body is relaxed. I can feel the peace of the darkness outside. I love preparing to go to bed. Brushing my teeth. Taking out my contacts. Washing my face. It’s a feeling of letting go of the day. […]
Things are smokey
There’s a lot of smoke. The air here is very unhealthy. It’s from the forest fires in California and Oregon. The other day the air and sky were bright orange and I thought the Earth had become Mars. I’ve written a similar post to this around the same time the last three years. Whenever the […]