February 2026

  • inventory

    inventory

    You believed in mepast my ability. I didn’t have it. I know that now. Once I begged for yes.You said yes.I rose. Once I begged for no.You said no.I stayed down. We made three.They carry us both. You were ground.I was light. This morning a dream:You at a door.I couldn’t speak.You couldn’t hear. Seven years.…

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  • Dear D-

    Dear D-

    ramblings in a day in the life…from journals (if you’re into that sorta thing) February 24–26 It’s Tuesday, or Taco Tuesday in Sierra Madre, but I’m fasting so that may not happen today. Lent is the season where Jesus went into the desert and fasted for forty days. No eating. Dang, that’s a while —…

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  • Life’s a Curling Shuffle

    Life’s a Curling Shuffle

    The Olympics finally gave curling some airtime this year — more than I ever remember seeing. Women’s, men’s, the whole slow-motion shuffle. First time you watch, if you’ve never seen it, your brain short-circuits: This is a sport? Olympic worthy? Really? You hear the terms — stones, brooms, sweeping — and it sounds like someone’s…

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  • A Letter to Life

    A Letter to Life

    Life—it’s me.Rent is due.Work is slow.I am sick. I wish there was a meterin the skycounting how hard I’ve tried.I’d look upand knowif I’m winningor losingjust like everyone else.But even thatI’d find a wayto mess up. The road is potholes now.Smooth partsonly make me scaredof what comes next.I drive slow.Listen for air.Wait for somethingto break.…

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