sometimes you are helpless

. . . Fire was one of my greatest fears when I lived in the city. There is nothing like the sinking feeling of walking home and seeing firetrucks on your block, or a friend’s block. How quickly fire can spread on those tenement buildings pressed up against one another . . .

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Born on a Thursday #30: Auras

I’ve had the trippy experience today of almost having a full-on migraine but catching it before it got debilitating. I started seeing an aura around 2:00 this afternoon (c-shape in my field of vision with flashes of rainbow-colored light, which made it difficult to actually see for a while). I had an appointment downtown, so instead of lying down, I walked the couple of miles to town, got to the store and bought some generic Exedrin®. My entire sensory experience was otherwordly, colors and sounds seemed intensified. It wasn’t unenjoyable actually, but I wouldn’t want to be like this everyday – and of course there was the thought in the back of my mind, “Gee, it would really suck if this was a stroke.”

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Sherman Alexie and Bill Moyers – WOW!

More from Sherman Alexie and(!!!!) Bill Moyers! I love them both. They are talking about A LOT – and Sherman’s latest book, Blasphemy.
Oh man, tears – and laughter. Oh, oh, oh, oh!

Just watch.

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