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Beginning. Middle. End. 2 Feb 2013 | 06:40 pm
It could be timing, or love or age or all three. In the end, we strive for a moment we can sit down and say, “I am happy. I have what I need, to stay put, dare I say… settle.” A friend recently sent m...
Art Brain 4 Oct 2012 | 06:16 pm
Last week, a lawyer told me that the mayor of Berlin has declared it an artistic hub, and that immigration authorities should treat artistic visa applications kindly. The city is drawing artists from ...
Stray Cat (Notes from Berlin) 19 Sep 2012 | 03:11 pm
My first floor Tucson apartment was infested with stray cats. At night I heard them scratching, screaming, fucking beneath the basement floorboards. They made stray cat nests next to the heaters and s...
Summer Shorts 19 Aug 2012 | 05:54 am
My landlord went crazy sometime at the end of June. To tell the background of my summer homelessness would mean attempting to articulate the irrationality of human behavior. Does that sound vague? It ...
Suburban Girl 16 Aug 2012 | 02:27 am
The crimes that would be perpetrated against me were clear. The kidnappers would ascend to the second floor of our suburban home, slice past the screen, pry open the window and find me, the victim, ly...
The Middle 31 Jul 2012 | 12:08 am
In January of 2002, while George Bush II was alleging Iraq’s stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and drumming up reasons to spearhead a war, I was living in Boston with five guys who were at vario...
A Mirror 28 Jun 2012 | 04:13 am
Very rarely are we given the opportunity to see ourselves through another pair of eyes. A bird’s-eye view of our own life. A first impression. A last impression. I received word of this piece and wan...
Muse 14 Jun 2012 | 02:50 am
In love, despite any efforts to stray—my “type” has always remained—the artist. As artist-lovers know, the path can be colorfully romantic, but, often unrewarding. Male artists are sensitive, but se...
Chloe’s Last Eclipse 30 May 2012 | 12:44 pm
When I was 19 years old, I bought a pit bull from two shamans on 4th Avenue in Tucson. “What’s a shaman?” I asked the women, who sat cross-legged on the corner, wearing patchwork strips of buckskins...
Street Fight 9 May 2012 | 07:37 am
A couple weeks ago, I rear-ended an Audi, a mini-van, and a Mexican guy in a Neon. Not in separate accidents: at the same time. I think this is the definition of a four-car-pile-up. It was near the ...
