While I’m not much of a sailor, I do like boat metaphors. Since I dedicated my last piece to starting a new leg of a journey, it only makes sense that I dedicate this piece to the logistics of setting sail. It’s all well and good to gaze star-eyed at the ocean and dream of […]
Weighing Anchor
So just shy of a calendar year, I’ll be heading back to the mainland. I never thought I’d do this, to be honest. The air is warm, it’s a comfortable life going between my job and apartment, and not very much changes day to day. I could spend an eternity here doing nothing particularly important […]
Overcoming that Listless Feeling
I have spent the past few months in the Caribbean, and realistically I’ve just spent them living to work rather than working to live. I didn’t really have a plan when I first arrived, so it’s not very surprising that I lapsed into my years old habit of doing menial work for nominal pay, pursuing […]
A New Page
So recently I moved from the US mainland to the Virgin Islands. I did this ultimately because what I was doing on the mainland could just as easily be done here; I could work, I can find a doctor to make sure I’m in good shape, and I can live largely the same way I […]
Rousing From Sleep
I feel as though I am waking up from a long, long sleep. While I am still groggy as I write, I am slowly collecting my thoughts and remembering this dream I have been having. I dreamed of an office; I was working in it for a few hours each day checking my e-mails, fielding […]
Halfway Between Nowhere
Have you ever had a moment when you realized you had moved away from something you were passionate about, and found yourself edging towards something that was unfulfilling yet sustaining enough to get you through the day? Maybe the revelation came to you suddenly; it occurs to you on no particular day at no particular […]
Snow Day
Snowy days make the world smaller. Flakes descend together, and make a fog that hides the rest of life from view. Clear, blue sky is replaced with a soft, grayish white. The sun is still shining, this we know, but for now its harsh light is muted. For now, everything beyond what you can see doesn’t exist. […]
Gerbil
Have you ever felt your habitual delights become stale when you indulge? Your routine, quiet and well known and bearing no surprise, infuriates you? Eating your favorite dish becomes a foul slop you must choke down for nutritional purposes? Your favorite show becomes monotonously samey bullshit? Your room becomes a cage? […]
Snapshot of the Day, 1/27
I woke up today an hour before my alarm. I usually do, but today it was almost exactly an hour. I awoke to my usual thoughts: the day ahead and yesterday’s fumbles, knowing I could die suddenly because my valve will seal shut and rupture my heart, thinking about how warm my bed is. I […]
For a Friend
And when waves of uncertainty rock your vessel, do not fear and turn your side to life’s harsh crests, inviting her to smash your hull and sweep away your cargo of dreams! Nay, instead tack your billowing sails, steady your keel and steel your crew, for the only true course is headlong into the inky […]