nsomniasaum

Or, My Further Adventures in Brain Damage. I am sitting on the porch with Urban when a handsome, dun-colored dog runs up to the neu...

For a few minutes last night, I couldn’t remember who I was. The objects around me had no meaning, they were just colorful shapes jumbled to...

Ok, Minnesota. We vote on the Marriage Amendment tomorrow. Let’s kick this motherfucker to the curb. Read my rant at Huffington Post Relig...

Sometimes they annoy me and I say I’m going to take them off for good. I remember the night when the bangle-seller eased them on: Br...

Things I associate with other things: The MN State Fair and mini-donuts Bare feet and the beach The smell of alcohol and hospitals ...

No. I say to my doctor. In fact: Fuck, no . You can’t have my cervix. Let’s just schedule another laparoscopic clean-up. Go in, find the E...

I was washing my hair yesterday when suddenly, I thought of my NSOMNIASAUM blog. I couldn’t remember the last time this had happened (not th...

To all my family & friends who have visited, called/messaged and especially tolerated my doped-up rambling, thank you. This is a post...

I dunno about you, but I need a break from the serious stuff. Last night, I acquired two fresh, ripe tomatoes from a friend and put t...

Concerts. Kirtan. Vodou ceremonies. I don’t care, as long as there’s music. My body is caught in the current that flows over and from 18,0...

Who knew dolphins could be so much trouble? We live in the middle of nowhere, way too far to take a cab or get a ride to the airport. When...

I wrote this in bits and pieces between 1999 and 2002. Usually when I read something I wrote a long time ago, I wince. It always seems sli...

It’s Holi! Holi is India’s answer to Carnival, if you can imagine Carnival including a nation-wide water- and colored-powder-fight. It’s b...

This is about my relationship with pain, which has been my close companion for about 8 years now. It’s excerpted from something I wrote awhi...