Bairro Ribeira, Porto – 23 August, 2018

Bairro Ribeira, Porto – 23 August, 2018

Nothing represents Porto if not the seagulls and men of the streets, a grubby lot cast from a mold distinct from those that form other men. They are skinny and weathered, with narrow features that at times have the quality of clay being squeezed too hard between two...
Oiartzun

Oiartzun

July 28, 2018 — We descended upon the surfing town of San Sebastian from the Western slopes of the Pyrrenes after a 6 hour car ride from Barcelona. We had rented a Fiat station wagon in the city after we learned that apparently people reserve trains earlier than...
Downriver

Downriver

After all, it wasn’t impossible. Ruben grabbed the pen out of my hand, the glowing lantern casting his hand’s shadow as monstrous on the blue tent’s walls. Next to the lantern, wiggling his legs and wriggling on his back, a half-fried cicada screamed in...
Escape Velocity

Escape Velocity

Gravity’s tendrils have long since tickled my ponderings. I remember the first time my I discovered her, consciously that is, as a force external to myself. I was a boy with a ball, dropping the fuzzy thing first from shoulder height, then while standing on a wooden...