I’m in Alaska. I’m almost to my destination! I’m in a hotel room with the heat way up, washing my dirty t-shirts in the tub. Tomorrow I hitch the last 200 miles! I think the Canadian gods played a cruel joke on me today, on account of my pretentious blog title. Not afraid of winter, … Continue reading I am not afraid to admit that I am afraid of frostbite
Slow. the fuck. down.
I’m in hotel in Whitehorse, with the couple I’ve been traveling with and a new ride, a young man from Colorado, he’s got a job on the pipeline, was driving to Anchorage straight from seattle without sleep, almost didn’t stop at all until we told him we’d spring for this hotel room. He was shooting … Continue reading Slow. the fuck. down.
I am in winter.
I'm in a hotel room in Fort Nelson, BC, and I can't sleep. It's 22 below outside, the snow is glistening, drifting, fine space-dust beneath the streetlamps, air so cold the ground squeaks and the wind bites your fingertips with little teeth, and I can't sleep. My craigslist ride is fast asleep, snoring, his glasses … Continue reading I am in winter.
radical honesty
I found this on a friend's page (thanks, virginia!) and it pretty much sums up how I feel about how to have non-stupid relationships with other human beings on this planet, and also how to have any sort of chance at happiness in this life. The concept of Radical Honesty sounds almost too easy, like, … Continue reading radical honesty
Gosh, shucks!
Holy Moley! My blog got an incredibly nice review in the Feminist Review! I don't know what to say! Their website is wonderful! You should check it out! Feminisim rules, and feminist review of media rules extra hard! There are so many nice words in that review it kind of hurts my brain. The reviewer, … Continue reading Gosh, shucks!
What I have discovered
is the poetry of Mary Oliver. For example: You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But, listen to me. Without fanfare, without embarrassment, without any doubt, I talk directly to your soul. Listen to me. Lift the oars from the water, let your arms rest, and your … Continue reading What I have discovered
The hermit & the fool
Today was a most excellent day, a good apple, the prize in a box of crackerjacks. I felt so grateful for it that I held it out before me everywhere that I went, showing it to everyone. I wanted to squeeze all that I could from it, suck the life from it, wear it out … Continue reading The hermit & the fool
welcome to planet Emo, population Me.
Friends, strangers- my blog has taken a turn for the emo. What else is there to do, when you're not riding freight trains or having Annie-Dillard style epiphanies in america's forgotten stands of trees? It's become a wee bit Dear Diary around here, and at first it bugged me, and then after a few weeks … Continue reading welcome to planet Emo, population Me.
February in review, the dark sucking void, a bit of march
The weather, outside, is clear, oddly, and I try to think of snow. Think of snow. My life is mostly colorless save for dance parties, and I don’t want to write about those. I’m afraid I’ll sound like an idiot, shallow and cheap and incredible and impossibly naïve all at once, unwilling to compromise the … Continue reading February in review, the dark sucking void, a bit of march
Vaycay from the blog
Hey y'all- I'm going to be taking some space from this blog in the next few weeks, so I won't be posting very often. Just so you know, and you don't think I've like died or something. My life is not a non-stop adventure right now, and the parts that are blog-worthy I don't really … Continue reading Vaycay from the blog
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