Tag Archives: Writing

Bear Two Ways, Two

Posted on March 23, 2012 by stephenarcher

Last night we went and floated in tanks of water that had 850 pounds of salt dis­solved in them. The water, the air in the tank and appar­ently my skin were all at 95 degrees F. It was black dark, lasted … 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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The Place in Me

Posted on March 18, 2012 by stephenarcher

Qui­eter than the end­ing of the night when the gray­ing of the black and the gray­ing of the light meet and it’s dawn; qui­eter than the end­ing cir­cuit of the tires on snow after the engine is cut and the … 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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Three Times

Posted on February 12, 2012 by stephenarcher

Three times. I have been mar­ried three times. Third time is charm­ing. Prob­lems in surgery seem to come in threes, at least that is what we always say: two bowel obstruc­tions and it is mid­night. I have one more to … 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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Line Up

Posted on February 4, 2012 by stephenarcher

You might not know that doc­tors’ busi­nesses in the US are going bank­rupt. Mine did. Not me per­son­ally, but the busi­ness. Med­i­cine is a cog in the econ­omy like every­thing else. Lots of cogs are blow­ing out. I have a story, … 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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