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Bear to Angel

July 28. Left camp sooner than I thought. Not one, but two bears came to the campsite around 11p.m. I’m writing this around     

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Sane…?

I take a one-a-day vitamin, a statin, and a Tylenol, each morning. Oh, yes, and a blood cleanse pill. As I held them in my

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Profound Silence

July 25. I said I would stay away from personal stories. I’ve mostly done that, but today I’ve had a hard time not thinking about

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Agnes Martin

Canoeing in the arctic is to paddle inside an Agnes Martin painting. Her work doesn’t shock, unless through simplicity. It does not yell out, or

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