I have been without cigarettes now for four months to the day. 

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

Days have past, and still, you are there ( Read more... )

I want to be in the presence of musicians again. Someone sing me a song. Let me admire your creativity and love you for it. 
This is what I am missing in love.

It has been three days since my roommate acquired two chickens, free on craigslist.
It has been two days since my roommate slaughtered them in the backyard.

I have mixed feelings about this incident. Here I am, an infrequent meat-eater (mostly due to my budget), questioning the parameters of a lifetime of consumption.  On one hand, if you are to eat ( Read more... )

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we drove out to the willamette river yesterday.
we walked through a canopy of leaves, the trees hugging the dirt path from above.
blackberry bushes draped with fruit lined the walk.
an opening in the brush revealed the willamette, matte with the afternoon sun.
clothes off: two curvy women, a slender man, a dog, and me.
topless, i watched my new ( Read more... )

sandman ( Read more... )

the orchid is dying.

the world began with him and her ( Read more... )