Life is Elsewhere

Take Yourself On A Date

2013-02-04T20:15:00.003-08:00

You get off work. Shower. Shave. Comb your hair the way you know he’ll like it. You take out your nice clothes, just washed this morning because you knew it was tonight, and you even ironed them but really didn't need to and what the hell, you think, and you look in the mirror, grab your keys and cash and leave your house, excited, anxious, but more excited than anything. You arrive at the

In Dreams

2013-01-14T20:59:00.001-08:00

Last night I had a dream: Alden bought a couple of boxes of cigars of various sizes and lengths. He was told they were of excellent quality and his plan was to resell them in hopes of making a profit. As it turned out, the cigars were actually of quite a low quality tobacco and Alden was afraid he would not be able to resell them and lose money on his investment. But, of course, he had a plan.

Eastern Holiday

2012-12-30T14:33:00.000-08:00

We walked to the store and bought two: one for me and one for her. She knew the guy working and he gave us a lighter and wished us luck. We left the store, walked over to the grassy field and carefully unwrapped the first one. It was yellow and the paper was thin and when we unfolded it, we noticed it had a small hole. We lit the candle anyway, careful not to burn the paper, and waited. But it

La Casa De La Trova

2012-08-15T18:16:00.001-07:00

You walk in and look for an empty table. Not too far from the stage but not too close either. You look for a moment, find one and sit down. You note the others in the club: old people, young people, women in bright skirts and bright tops, men with smooth lace-less shoes, loose cotton shirts and crisp dark slacks. They're talking and laughing, having a good time drinking rum and beer and smoking

Literary Interlude: Faulkner

2012-07-07T11:06:00.002-07:00

The moon was now high overhead, a pearled and mazy yawn in the soft sky, the ultimate ends of which rolled onward, whorl on whorl, beyond the pale stars and by pale stars surrounded. They walked in a close clump, tramping their shadows into the road's mild dust, blotting the shadows of the burgeoning trees which soared, trunk branch and twig against the pale sky, delicate and finely thinned. They

Be Gonzo In Bocas

2012-05-10T07:13:00.005-07:00

It´s about not caring about all the messed up shit around you even though some of it can sometimes be beautiful and amazing but easily turn ugly and terrifying, a danger so close to destroying your health and happiness, and it´s always waiting just below the surface. It´s about drinking beer and eating hamburgers at a restaurant that´s actually a broken boat indefenitetly docked to the pier.

Kuna Yala

2012-03-23T07:05:00.000-07:00

The day was long and we were tired. We hiked over the mountains and it took two days. The first day was a good distance and we stopped to rest in a gully in the jungle. We cleaned ourselves in the river and hung our hammocks in a small cluster of trees. Later we skipped stones and collected wood. We made dinner: lentils with deer and pork with lots of salt. We started a fire in the sand and ate

More Than One

2012-02-08T09:44:00.000-08:00

I wrote this for the latest La Vaina issue. Since my camara broke and for lack of other things to post it can now be found here too. Enjoy!