A Prayer for John Charging Whirlwind
The clouds clawed their way through a metallic sky as I pushed west from Sioux Falls, advancing deeper into the Great Plains of South Dakota. The post A Prayer for John Charging Whirlwind appeared...
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It wasn’t until I visited the western reaches of South Dakota that I fully understood the spiritual often requires starting from scratch. The post Starting from Scratch in South Dakota appeared first...
View ArticleA Consideration of Noise: Jangle Unchained
A bell clangs at the Catholic church in Siquirres, Costa Rica, as the priest chants into a microphone, the words reverberating into the streets. Welcome to Jangle Unchained! The post A Consideration of...
View ArticleWhat Price Independence?
The Fourth of July dawns stiflingly hot, beginning the way most of my mornings on the rez do: it's South Dakota and I'm asking, "What Price Independence?" The post What Price Independence? appeared...
View ArticleA Treacherous World of Continual Dissolving
I toss my L.L. Bean duffle bag into the backend of the car as I prepare to leave Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I fumble for the door handle on the old Ford Bronco in the hazy dark, the sunlight still...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina: an Affirmation of Life
31. Friday, August 29th, is the anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina pillaged New Orleans, the approaching date reminding me of an elderly fisherman named Harvey who had tried to outrun the...
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