I have a message from the land of pain. I night-traveled there. My back has been hurting, on the right side, parallel to my spine. Then sometimes a lot more hurts than that. I mean more parts of my back, and other parts of my body. My muscles get so ouched, I don’t know what… Read More »
When youtube decided to play Into the Mystic, I felt a lot of grief about my mom. Needing someone who is not a living person hurts. Then when it switched to Tupelo Honey, I cried with more force than I thought my lungs could hold. Senseless wail, wordless howl, no longer learning. Then I went… Read More »
This morning I cooked of some veg sausage for Ming that had been sitting in the freezer for a while. I was the main eater of soy sausage at our house, but I stopped eating soy in late summer. So it was nice to cook the last three little patties, for him. I made Ming… Read More »
This morning I fell off my bike. It just got fixed, this junky bike a neighbor made for me. We took it to a bike shop to get the brakes fixed and a tune up. We picked it up yesterday. I was riding down the street and Ming hadn’t left home yet. He always locks… Read More »
Last time Ming and I were at the cabin, I fucked up my back. There’s no good chair there for me, so I sit on the bed, which means I don’t have back support, as I write. How I care for my back is rather straightforward. But I thought I’d tell you about it,… Read More »
I’m talking about feeding people, how to love, how we have bodies that need to be tended to, in pain or hunger or anything. To have a body is to need. Peace is in the body. There you go–good luck with your needs. If we want to learn at school, we need to eat. If… Read More »
I used to think there was one type of physical pain. It hurts–who needs to know more than that. Lately I got an eye corner infection, and to make a long story short, I have a slice of fresh garlic medical taped to my eye corner as I write these words to you, dear reader… Read More »