
I returned to LA from Georgia over a week ago and am just beginning to feel part of my life again. It’s something I write and think about frequently; the idea that there is my real life and my temporary life, the one I have never figured out how to live while on location, from…
I’m standing on the side of a rural highway in Georgia. And it is hot. Sticky. The humid air is visible, something I’m not used to coming from the desert. A small breeze tries to blow periodically, but then gets tired and gives up, not that I would be able to feel it anyway. I (the…
I’m sitting in an airport for the third time this month, reading my horoscope. Home, home, home. My fourth house is all lit up, hitting the domestic vibes/homefront notes for the next month, just in time to be outside of Atlanta, for work, living in a hotel. So, how to avoid going crazy and give…
hope to cherish a desire with anticipation : to want something to happen or be true archaic:trust to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment. to expect with confidence :trust “I hope you can let this go.” -President Trump to Former FBI Director Comey. vs. The platform of Hope upon which President Obama ran in 2008…
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