Category Archives: Writing

worry into action (dry tent, anyone?)

Posted on May 3, 2026 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week (yeah, i’m still going to read on biketour…) This is the power of anxiety. It distorts the mind and disables the body. We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we … Continue reading →

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in this (my) neighborhood pt. 130 (thee lots of bike pics edition)

Posted on May 2, 2026 by istsfor manity

You wouldn’t know I’m in South Carolina — or anywhere specific — given the same vein these shots are in. The excuse I’ll take is that it was a blustery and rainy day today without a lot of dry opportunities … Continue reading →

may be spotty

Posted on May 1, 2026 by istsfor manity

And So, Here It Goes Dispatches may be spotty over the next month — not because I’m not writing, photographing, & filming, but because cell coverage is still spotty in parts of our country. I’ll be finishing the Atlantic Coast … Continue reading →

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a thousand boredoms

Posted on April 30, 2026 by istsfor manity

the serotonin sequence blues got a synapse lapse gapgot the serotonin sequence bluesgot a cytokine storm brewingantisocial binge spewingstuck in a funk punkdeath by a thousand boredomsgonna listen to the boredomsshake my mind uphustle the brain with skronkgot the serotonin … Continue reading →

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only riveting thing

Posted on April 29, 2026 by istsfor manity

Ocean Sounds (redux) She spoke to her AI speaker, “Play ocean sounds.” The speaker responded and complied. She dreamt of a thin pixellated mist outside her window as the opening shot to her next film. She placed her hand on … Continue reading →

you opted in

Posted on April 28, 2026 by istsfor manity

. . . inbox detritus . . . Small drop leaf table and 4 vinyl/wood chairs, used indoors and outdoors. From home with a cat. TH 5 . . . “I think it’s important not to shy away from showing … Continue reading →

strings of lob

Posted on April 27, 2026 by istsfor manity

the high rattles the wean of lifetime—avoiding the limelight the constriction strings of loba radiator for a sofaa poor heartbeata marginalized adult reshuffle, hardscrabble, uprisingof three yes-men on third gearas 300,000 pregnant woodcutterscan, and do, attest send your epaulets for … Continue reading →

blame the dead

Posted on April 26, 2026 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Within the U.S. today, people are again moving because of disasters, and because of the slow-grind attrition of heat, flooding, and rising insurance rates. Earlier this year, the nonprofit Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre found … Continue reading →

felt pounds lighter

Posted on April 25, 2026 by istsfor manity

i’m not hungry something changed within the wound . . . next, i was in a hall of whirling cylinders . . . from ooze to steady flow . . . a damned infection set in . . . the … Continue reading →

hair and festooned

Posted on April 24, 2026 by istsfor manity

Primitive Trails From This Point (redux) Panda cycling and recycling, panda-demics, and panda demotics. Find yourself in the world of widespread fraud and plate tectonics in response to politic-tonics — those gestures and flourishes that are not of this society, … Continue reading →