I am driving in a daze after Firebaugh. I am telling myself come on, girl, get yourself together. But I am not really together, to be honest. And so I miss the Santa Nella exit. You can also see the gap between this and the last Day Two recap. Sometimes existential thunder happens in the […]
Sometimes, a highway you know takes you somewhere you did not expect. I am playing the same CD to my favorite anime. I am riding this same stretch of road and thinking of the same issues I have had with her for years, and how it all exploded as I in a way I am […]
I’ve noticed, as I visit the major rest area towns along the highway, that they occur at very specific points: where one highway intersects another. One highway is not enough; at least two are needed for these towns to grow. Even as I travel north toward San Francisco, folks are going east or west to […]
So Bravo Farms is this tourist gift shop strip mall place just behind the gas stations in Kettleman City. At first glance it looks as if someone asked Jonah Hex to decorate Casa de Fruta. Rugged storefronts. A wooden walkway. A water tower, because you need one of those. Train stuff. A waterwheel. And a […]
Leaving Los Angeles is usually a fun thing to do, but usually that has been because I’ve had someone with me. Someplace to go. I’ve traveled to SF, read, then turned around and came home the same day. I’ve met friends. I came out as trans in San Francisco. I was taught how to verbalize […]
Today, June 14, 4 pm. I am reading poetry. Please come by if you can. I’ll be also talking a bit of how poetry and poets might deal with grief. It’s a difficult time, and we all try our best to contemplate and process, look backward, move ahead. Thank you. Brentwood Branch. 11820 San Vicente […]
“With APAA’s #MoreThanJustYellow Campaign, we wish to highlight traditionally underrepresented Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the API community. The silenced histories of these groups have lead to injustices such as the exclusion of brown folks, erasure of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and anti-blackness. Let’s critically examine who in the API community gets to […]