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See Through You

Posted on March 31, 2012 by stephenarcher

I trust peo­ple I should not trust. Not always, and not as much as I did ear­lier in my life and not nearly as often and not for as long, but I still do it. Some­thing in me believes that … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Spring in Chicago: Robert

Posted on March 27, 2012 by stephenarcher

I had finally got­ten to Chicago and the light was fail­ing and I sat down for a minute. Robert sat beside me and it was a bustling bar. He was watch­ing Bay­lor play in the final four. Their uni­forms were … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bear Two Ways, One

Posted on March 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

I am turn­ing a cir­cle around an ursine cir­cle. How is a bear in this cir­cle with his ass to the high side of Bend, OR? She just is, and 8th street flanks her frontside and she is eter­nally in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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V.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by stephenarcher

I have on my desk a photo of the daugh­ters (7, 12) of the 29 year old woman who I ordered the fatal dose of mor­phine for when the pain of her colon can­cer rode up on her like the wild … Con­tinue read­ing →

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It Goes Fast, One Second At A Time

Posted on February 25, 2012 by stephenarcher

The dif­fer­ence between what I make up is real and what is real…is unknown to me.

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Fashion Rocks, or…Green

Posted on February 22, 2012 by stephenarcher

It turns out that the world really does look like this. Every­day when my friends in Maui turn off their neigh­bor­hood road they are con­fronted with this view. Stun­ning, espe­cially with the power lines and the houses and the per­fect … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Shorebreak

Posted on February 10, 2012 by stephenarcher

I feel the wave gath­er­ing under me, my feet ris­ing and the giddy feel­ing of it mov­ing beyond me, as if a horse just ran through me and then the falling, the falling and my feet back on sand and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Little Of Me

Posted on January 30, 2012 by stephenarcher

I have gained weight in the last year. I work with peo­ple all day every day on this issue and here I am hav­ing gained enough weight that I know that other peo­ple notice, won­der, ques­tion. Enough that it is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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This Is (Not) Grass

Posted on January 27, 2012 by stephenarcher

Scarcity brings out the fun­da­men­tals in a per­son­al­ity. I will use myself as an exam­ple, although I could refer to oth­ers in my life as well, “ex” peo­ple of sev­eral vari­eties, wives and busi­ness part­ners come to mind – these darker sides … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Burnout

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

My patient had lit­er­ally burned a hole in his tiny, new stom­ach with a com­bi­na­tion of cig­a­rettes and alco­hol. I don’t have a moral posi­tion on this except that life is prob­a­bly worth pre­serv­ing until one can make an informed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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