Culion Islands, Philippines For three days the sun sits on us. In this wide place of sparkling waves, wet nylon flags flutter above me, sleeves tied around pillars, and I feel like the heat is pressing me powerless into the crevices of painted wood rocking underneath, the shadow of the narrow roof moving relief brieflyContinue reading “the layer between blues”
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the amaryllises
It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m in Sorrento, sitting in a bar at the edge of a big group, and I’m drawing. I’m drawing like some people smoke – moving my hands to match the movements of my thoughts and my nods. I’m not talking much, because my Italian is tired, and even my English,Continue reading “the amaryllises”
armature
In the past month, I’ve lost four out of four items of jewelery in my daily-wear rotation. The first, a simple silver chain with a tiny quartz pendant, with an understated-but-slightly-hippie worn silver setting, was a loss due to unthinking error. Before pole class, I carefully put the necklace together with the hammered silver earringsContinue reading “armature”
persimmoness 