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Into the Woods to Grandmother’s House we Go

By Stephen

It rained like cats and dogs today, making my way through the last 3k of my hike through the Malaysian Rainforest I am afraid I fell victim to daydreaming. It feels so good to be sipping a cup of 3/1 and enjoying the view perched up here above the valley.  It feels good to be […]

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The Elevator

By Stephen

The light above is a bright halogen light, like a vampire, I am afraid to let it touch my skin, petrified by what it will reveal. I stare down at my feet trying not to make eye contact with the woman across from me. I want to say hi and ask her about her day, […]

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Life, the Unexplainable

By Stephen

Sometimes things happen in life that make no sense whatsoever.  Or they are so ironic that they are unexplainable by natural phenomena.  8 days ago, while traveling through Hoi An Vietnam my wife was hit unexpectedly by a moped.  She was knocked unconscious and later airlifted out of Vietnam to Bangkok Bumrungrad Hospital where I […]

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The Continuum

By Stephen

I look at my last post and only have a slight remembrance of all that pain, I can feel the place inside my chest and the holes inside my face where it resides. But today, I feel strong, and confident… well at least a little bit. Tomorrow? who the hell knows. The problem is, I […]

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Living Suicide

By Stephen

You can die alive, I have been proving it over the last few months. At first I thought my only way out was to hang myself from something or make a 2-inch slit through one of the great arteries on the side of my neck. But I devised a better plan, one in which I […]

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