Climb out of the Pacific Ocean, where fake islands crown a shore, and a dead boat floats bloated in the distance. Walk four blocks away from the waves. Ask any of my nieces. They’ll open their hands, read their palms, find me in a wrinkle that roots to their heart lines. Blindfold my mother and tell her I am hungry. Fill her hands with parathas … Continue reading 100 . five directions to me
Cascarones are bright-colored eggshells, with confetti tissue-paper-sealed into them. The eggs are emptied through a small hole and then washed and dyed. Growing up, we would start saving the shells in February to have enough for Easter Sunday, when we would run around our backyard and smash them over each other’s heads. This is a bright memory for me, clear as day. The carton of … Continue reading journal 4.4
Hi friends, My vibrant friend and fellow firefighter, Steph, is back inside. I know some of you like to send letters so I’ve asked her if I could provide details and she was happy to agree. Stephanie Applin #21-03035999 West Matthews RdFrench Camp, CA 95231 French Camp has feisty rules. No extra stamps or blank envelopes are allowed. A return address must be included on … Continue reading to steph with love
The Oddcast is back (in some sort) Ages ago, Bradley helped me put together a podcast, that I called an audio cast, that I shortened to Oddcast. Because of living situations and limited tools, it didn’t go on very long. WordPress’ recent collaboration with Anchor.fm made me decide to restart in. Instead of new content, though, it’ll be random selections previously posted to Rarasaur blog. … Continue reading jingle, art, poetry
1 Small Acknowledgement I was announced as a finalist for the Women’s National Book Association’s Creative Non Fiction contest with seven other lovely humans. I also keep a bookshelf through the website Bookshlf.com that was featured on their top 100 shelves! I use this site to collect a bunch of articles that I need to reference again and again. The shelf I have linked here … Continue reading 5 march joys
Sometimes the road seems paved, but you still slip through. You leave a crack in the flooring and think, I’ll get to it, but then you don’t, and then time flaps its gargoyled wings and the crack becomes a pothole, and you fall in. Today, I fell in. I sobbed in my bathroom for awhile, watching my face contort into something truly mythical. The way … Continue reading the scream
Tried out the new WordPress Stories format for my Pepper Day post. Was it easy for you to read or did it give you troubles? You can click the badge below to read other posts from today’s Pepper Day or submit your own till midnight PST. Continue reading galactic meanderings
PepperDay link up will run from now till March 22nd, midnight PST. Any type of post is welcome, but please make sure content is respectful of all readers. Please tag your posts PepperDay so we can find them in the reader, too. Looking forward to visiting your webby home! You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=a8b40ada7693d64e5923 Continue reading #PepperDay 3/22 Link Up
