by Kim Bateman | Nov 21, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology, Series |
Dis?honorable Deaths My call echoed in the room where my friend lay, unable to answer. He had cinched a belt around his neck and lowered himself to cut off the flow of oxygen to his brain. It may have been to see if it would intensify the sexual pleasure as he aroused...
by Stephanie Hayes | Oct 31, 2016 | Essays, photographs, Series, Travel |
Part Three of Four: Five More Things I Learned on the Camino I recently returned from three weeks in Spain where I walked about 140 miles of the Camino de Santiago. That isn’t much compared to what a lot of people do. The whole route is 500 miles long, which takes...
by Stephanie Hayes | Oct 9, 2016 | Essays, Series, Travel |
Along the Camino My friend and I have been traveling the Camino de Santiago for 11 days now, averaging 8-10 miles a day. We started in Leon and are currently in Portomarin. Here are 5 things I’ve learned so far: 1. I can get up at dawn every day and walk 8 or...
by Kim Bateman | Oct 4, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology, Series |
Storyteller and psychologist Kim Bateman continues her series. The Uninvited Mourner For the last 26 years from May to October, Jack has been fishing the Truckee River in our backyard at least twice a week. He has been there in his waders in rushing spring run-off,...
by Stephanie Hayes | Sep 20, 2016 | Essays, Series, Travel |
Pre Camino My housemate keeps asking me if I’m scared or anxious. I keep saying no, because I am not. Maybe I should be, but I have no fear or anxiety. I am simply grateful and excited. In less than two weeks a friend and I are flying to Madrid for a couple of days,...
by Kim Bateman | Sep 17, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology, Series |
Storyteller and psychologist Kim Bateman begins her series Death Dialogues with this essay. I Pledge Allegiance to the Republic of Not-Dying Hap has been wrestling with lung cancer for many years. And by wrestling, I mean more of a dance, where one is acting and...
