Last summer, I went to see my family in northern California, in a small town at the base of the highest peak of the Cascade range just south of the Oregon border. I woke up one morning and walked to a nearby meadow in the center of town that has a perfect view of the […]
Archives for March 2022
No Standing
Put aside justice, stability and security, the little creature comforts that we all deserve, or finally paying your bills without a knot twisting in your stomach—then maybe the greatest pleasure in landing a living wage job is getting to be generous with your money, no questions asked. For years before the pandemic, I joined some […]
The Anniversary
The anniversary. Two years ago, March 16th, 2020, the last time I lived in California. I took these shots on what was the eve before the world shut down. Looking west, the sun was setting over San Francisco’s Seal Rocks just north of Ocean Beach. This was as The Bay went under the Shelter in […]
Talking Late-Capitalist Kenophobic ‘Post-Pandemic’ Blues
I had finally googled it sometime in lockdown – ‘kenophobia,’ or a fear of open spaces – subtly different from agoraphobia (the fear of leaving the house for a public space of any kind – a given.) This was what the events of September 11, 2001 had wrought in me, twenty-one years on. On that […]
Picture This, Shots in the Dark: Billy Monk’s Underworld
Repressive societies, like those ruled by regimes that rely on heavy policing to enforce state policy, have a way of creating unique situations and throwing up special characters. Often, the most interesting people are those who know how to navigate skating the edge, and who comprehend the perils involved for many concerned. They might have […]