development



The world is choking on development. A euphemism. A roof over the head. Hearth and home. The disease of ease. Remarkable, really. Entire horizons washed out with human growth, as far as the eye can see.

passenger



There is very little I miss about owning an automobile. Riding with my mother to some unknown destination in the Sonoran desert region of southern Arizona is pretty much it. Comfort from an odd source.

fingernails



Sudan, Iraq, even New Orleans. Fingernails everywhere… in digital 1s and 0s, on 35 mm, and deep within the human conscience. Especially there. Rotting. Putrid.

They're finished, the people. But their fingernails will live on–a lie as memorial.

roommates



Roommates are good for many things, the most significant of which is least discussed: presence. My roommates have it in spades. I am grateful for their presence in my house and in my life. It will be difficult to leave it behind.

moving



The stress of change. Moved from the rainy northwest back down to the desert. It was necessary. I missed the sun.