03
Jan
WD-40 for the Soul
What is it? Someone please let me know.
6 min read
The St. Agnes Journal
Dispatches from eight months on a mile-wide island
01
Jan
Smitten Like It’s 1999
She looked so gorgeous, I almost stopped breathing.
3 min read
31
Dec
The Clocks March
All they know is onward, only onward, piling broken and spent intervals onto the ever-increasing mountains of used-up time.
2 min read
30
Dec
Attraction & Vulnerability
Her movements were all effortless grace and easy elegance.
3 min read
29
Dec
Going Back to Scilly, via Penzance
The airport crew was pulling the sleepy planes out of their hangers. One was going through its morning calisthenics, engines full-throttle, brakes engaged, and noticeably shivering.
4 min read
27
Dec
Automotive Angels
They sat streamlined and white with gleaming, gold brightwork instead of chrome.
1 min read
25
Dec
A Few Cultural Differences
A towel with a temporary identification tag was provided for me as soon as I arrived.
6 min read
20
Dec
World’s Skinniest Father Christmas
“Are you the real Santa Claus?”
“Why, yes, of course! Are you the real Sasha? Because I heard that there’s a little girl that dresses just like you saying she’s the real one.”
5 min read
19
Dec
Vividness, Darkness, and Death at the Door
Around one o’clock in the morning we heard a sickening moan rise from near the front door, the kind that turns your blood cold.
2 min read
15
Dec
Personally Thanking the Cows for their Efforts
As I walked back up the road, not really minding that I was covered in more urine and shit than I’ve been in all but the earliest years of my life, it occurred to me that a lot of people here have a great deal of responsibility.
4 min read