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Eyes of the night
She runs barefoot, stepping on outcropping tree roots and scattered twigs and branches on the damp forest floor. She knows the feeling; the discomfort of her feet being stabbed, scratched and roughened up doesn’t even make her wince. She is used to it. Margarita breathes in short and frantic motions, like the forced puffing of…
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Holding tight
Being a serious regular has its drawbacks. I can count with one single hand the times I’ve been constipated, and I’m not even using all my five fingers. I remember the time I was with my family on an all-inclusive vacation in a hotel on a beautiful Caribbean Island. My family of mom, dad, three…
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Déjà Vécu
On a sunny morning. She’s sitting on the bench on her partially shaded balcony, in Padmasana. The sun is still too low to toast her skin, but a soft fragrant breeze of late spring flicks through the fine hair on her forearms, and the sweet riffling of the warm air on her cheeks stirs old…
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The Jungle Walkers
The music ringing on my ears triggers kaleidoscopic images as I fixate a face across the flame of a candle in front of me, at a distance; metric, imperial? Who gives a rat’s ass! I’m not even trying to gauge it, but I can make out the shapes uncannily, clear and sharp. Voices, chords, melodies…
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More than a crush on Joanna Lumley
I once had a girlfriend who looked like Joanna Lumley. I mean, kind of, sort of vaguely. More like a 35-year-younger version of Joanna Lumley, with less makeup. Ok, maybe they don’t resemble each other all that much. Actually, not at all. In fact, it’s not exactly as if they were identical, but they both…
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Coffee Mugs & Newsprint (Pt. 1)
I recently took to buying the Sunday newspaper. I recall pondering, that with so many papers meeting their inglorious fate, someone ought to attempt to salvage at least one of them. It sounds like a monumental mission, though.It might just be a wave of nostalgia for the good old print media, but if that’s the…
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30 Seconds of Glory…, and Veracruz
Being in your late teens and heavily invested in music ventures –like playing with your band every Friday and Saturday night at local pubs, and hoping in a van to perform at spring and summer festivals between towns across the region, means that your girlfriend must also be a music enthusiast of sorts, otherwise you’re…
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First World Problems
There are times when a sense of empowerment, ignorance and even privilege is so ubiquitous that it’s easy to lose perspective of the predicaments and ordeals other people are going through. It is difficult to self-extricate from engrained learned patterns, as if to jump off the wagon of long-standing behaviors and leave one’s comfort zone.…
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Monica Mccoffey
It was the end of the winter of 2004. The place is “El Panchan”, emerging like a hidden gem on the fringes of Palenque’s renowned archaeological zone in Chiapas, Mexico. A jungle haven sought-after by intrepid travelers and adventure-seeking backpackers. Picture a map unfurling: a coveted corridor starting in Mexico City, winding through the Sierra…
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Lusha
This is my humble tribute to Lusha, my maternal Granny, whose house became my second home throughout much of my childhood, especially during a brief period when my mother took a hiatus from her main role: SAHM. I was between 5 and 7 years old, and those years were pure gold. Lusha played a crucial…
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After 40 And Never Too Late
Life starts > 40
