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neighborhood observer

August 9, 2026

coarse language as an indicator of lack of self-awareness or lack of self-consciousness

August 2, 2026

at the end of the season you once again lose all your friends

July 26, 2026

where the fuck is my tv

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

fake bombs in early july

July 16, 2026

shut down the shop and pack up the bags

July 11, 2026

year of pig or horse or fire or something falling or rising

July 3, 2026

zen and suffering part thirteen (the right road to the Gate)

June 25, 2026July 12, 2026

cancel the appointment because we’ve not yet made the transfer

June 20, 2026July 12, 2026

a cane a smile a blue fleece a many many minutes of local topic of interest

June 14, 2026July 12, 2026

defenses impenetrable as you do not know them as defenses

June 10, 2026July 5, 2026

phone never makes a sound not even a buzz

May 29, 2026July 5, 2026

might as well drop a rent check on a drum machine

May 23, 2026July 5, 2026

place before you the vajra of no dissuasion

May 17, 2026July 5, 2026

exchanging occasional messages with people who do not at all care and to who you don’t even fully exist

May 16, 2026July 5, 2026

eastern emptiness, western hope

May 9, 2026July 5, 2026

neurotransmitters caffeine and cloud-covered sunshine

May 3, 2026July 5, 2026

extract once with alcohol and once with water and then combine

May 2, 2026July 5, 2026

the rain has stopped for now and kids run along the dock with their arms out as though they are flying

April 25, 2026July 5, 2026

asking of a name, commenting on a name

April 20, 2026July 5, 2026

juniper and piñon ground up and pressed into tiny bricks

April 14, 2026July 5, 2026

one take which is why none do

April 5, 2026May 3, 2026

a large foil used to create downforce

April 3, 2026May 3, 2026

the everyday and common divinity of breath

April 2, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part intimate (there is no sudden or gradual)

March 26, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part infinty (those who have no trust are unable to accept it)

March 21, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part empty (no conception, no obstruction)

March 14, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part season (you need study no doctrines whatever)

March 7, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part incomplete (disappointment which is fruitful)

February 27, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part float (relinquishment of everything)

February 21, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part forest (already seated in the sanctuary)

February 17, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part stillness (joy is being willing for things to be as they are)

February 15, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part no-self

February 13, 2026May 3, 2026

zen and suffering part canyon

February 12, 2026March 21, 2026

zen and suffering part failed economic systems

February 8, 2026March 21, 2026

zen and suffering part frailty

January 29, 2026March 21, 2026

zen and suffering part 1

December 30, 2025March 21, 2026

zen and suffering part forever

December 23, 2025March 21, 2026

it is impossible to get it clean enough

December 20, 2025March 21, 2026

salmonberry bushes at rest

December 14, 2025March 21, 2026

the response isn’t what i wanted so i delete it and wait to forget that it ever happened

December 12, 2025March 21, 2026

loosely, lightly, years ago, and again, now

December 9, 2025March 21, 2026

thirty three miles with twenty nine hundred feet of elevation gain

December 7, 2025March 21, 2026

rain dimples harbor

December 3, 2025March 21, 2026

i supposedly “want” to help but really i’d rather sleep in the arms of the infinite

November 30, 2025December 14, 2025

rather watch cross country national championship

November 26, 2025December 9, 2025

unplugged from shore power, all i hear is groan of tie line, shriek of bird

November 21, 2025December 7, 2025

cortisol and calories in excess

November 19, 2025December 7, 2025

rock for rock

November 13, 2025December 7, 2025

compulsively searching for sales and markdowns and deals

November 11, 2025December 7, 2025

a storehouse of habit and pattern

November 10, 2025December 7, 2025

inherent and in-born

August 7, 2025December 7, 2025

the unexpected mistake of neuroprotective substances and strategies

July 31, 2025November 19, 2025

salt water is a composition of people and other beings not-yet or no-longer here

July 27, 2025November 19, 2025

they’re asking $299 so i offer $75 and wait to see what they say

July 20, 2025November 10, 2025

not regretting the interaction but not not regretting the interaction either

July 18, 2025July 30, 2026

once, i lived well, was loved, and beautiful

July 12, 2025July 31, 2025

minus tide on a coast with no math

July 11, 2025July 27, 2025

nine different forms of magnesium taken before bed

July 1, 2025July 27, 2025

saying “it’s crazy” about things that are actually quite normal

June 27, 2025July 18, 2025

menthol crystals dissolved in fat bring fat tears to cheeks

June 23, 2025July 18, 2025

neck tattoo and clear-framed glasses

June 18, 2025July 12, 2025

unrequired conversations in required settings

June 16, 2025July 11, 2025

freelance photographer glancing at digital wristwatch in midst of casual-yet-business meeting

June 8, 2025July 11, 2025

the etymological root of “human” is “earth”

June 4, 2025March 15, 2026

stonefence serenade

May 30, 2025July 11, 2025

slowly walking through an open expanse looking for an opening

May 21, 2025June 18, 2025

the repayment amount is more than expected on account of unaccounted interest

May 10, 2025June 18, 2025

trying to swim to the far shore while gripping a still-attached limb

April 22, 2025June 10, 2025

creative justifications for underemployment

April 19, 2025June 10, 2025

trinities, holy and otherwise

April 14, 2025June 10, 2025

broken glass for breakfast; containers that do not contain

April 11, 2025May 10, 2025

round, smooth, shaped like an egg

April 9, 2025April 22, 2025

aggregated behavioral characteristics of species made of wind

April 7, 2025April 19, 2025

of holes and heeling

April 5, 2025April 14, 2025

hydraulic crane on back of flatbed dually pickup truck

March 29, 2025April 14, 2025

from one fifty to three hundred due in part to past periods of exogenous excess

March 26, 2025April 14, 2025

discussing the ages and behaviors of various others who are not currently present

March 23, 2025April 9, 2025

not an illness so much as a disorder

March 20, 2025April 7, 2025

no longer wear the watch

March 15, 2025April 7, 2025

the inherent joy of the renunciate

March 6, 2025March 29, 2025

astrid (a)

February 28, 2025March 26, 2025

turn it on and then pause it

February 23, 2025March 26, 2025

currently in the lead for dumbest culture and country of all-time

February 20, 2025May 14, 2025

humpback whales in winter

February 11, 2025March 20, 2025

boom bap in a land of banjo and fiddle

February 7, 2025March 20, 2025

twelfth night of the waxing moon

February 3, 2025March 15, 2025

everyone you know is unknown

February 1, 2025February 11, 2025

waiting for the error to work itself out

January 28, 2025February 7, 2025

float to firmament to float

January 20, 2025February 3, 2025

pop the trunk and let the roof recline

January 16, 2025February 3, 2025

metal meat mineral atop stone stiff still in a bending wind

January 12, 2025February 3, 2025

well-practiced at playing it cool

January 9, 2025January 28, 2025

a population of painted wooden approximations

December 31, 2024January 20, 2025

you know her name though have never been introduced

December 29, 2024January 16, 2025

regional dance culture marked by body movements replicating staccato tap of snare drum

December 27, 2024January 12, 2025

a week on a psychiatric floor so as to plump yourself with proper hydration

December 23, 2024January 12, 2025

unnaceptable levels of gluten

December 22, 2024January 9, 2025

joy expressing as sorrow

December 19, 2024January 9, 2025

devotion as a practice of letting be

December 18, 2024December 27, 2024