Conversations on El Camino

Another Wednesday in the books, but not just another hump day. I spent much of this Wednesday running out of fingers as I counted my blessings. A day that pulled back the bedcovers before the sun peeked over the rust-hued trees, then burst open into toothy grins as an epic birthday song played over the…

Hey. The last couple months have been ridiculous. Had you noticed? I really wished I'd be able to look back on these weeks of unemployment and confinement as a time of great cultural, educational, and spiritual growth. I signed up for classes, bought art supplies, made a to-do list of backordered projects, knowing that surely…

I think I've cracked. They haunt me around corners, lurking in my peripheral vision while I'm working on a project, stalking silently while they wait for me to turn my gaze to face them straight on. Their faces are grotesque, misshapen and stretched by their nasty habit. I lunge toward them in a show of…