Tag: trauma
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On “The Shapes of Native Nonfiction”
A bright, seasonably cool day. The stiff breezes of the past few days have finally subsided somewhat. Wait! As soon as I wrote this the wind picked up and is moving the mostly bare tree branches vigorously. I’ve been reading experimental essays by a host of Native American writers in Shapes of Native Nonfiction, edited…
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Schoolyard Justice
This morning, a rich spring rain, beginning slowly, softly, then transitioning to something more determined, more persistent. The rain and fog dampens the colours blooming into a awakening landscape as a sea breeze dances the as yet only thinly leaved branches. While it is abundantly spring here on the coast, go far enough inland and…
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Easter
First, a Joyous Easter to all who celebrate the day! Today dawned warmish and grumpy, with a fierce blow out of the northwest. Now the sky has cleared and stiff breeze that moves branches around. Lately I notice myself having next administration revenge fantasies which reminds me that trauma always begets trauma, and that what…
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The Persistence of Repetition
I awoke at 4:30 this morning. My cell was demanding to be charged and the birds were greeting the world in full song. (This was an instant reply of yesterday morning.) I awoke a second time to bright sunlight and warmth. There have been very few sunny days this spring and the combination of sun…
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