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Opening the door in the floor.

Opening the door in the floor.

Lately, more so than usual, my thoughts are tidal. Maybe it's the moon or the tropical storms, but they flood everything until they don't, and I'm left delirious and without proof, wondering how anything could have filled a space so vast, so fully, only to disappear a few hours later. I prefer low ... View Post

Philosophical notes from a diner in Wyoming.

Philosophical notes from a diner in Wyoming.

We were sitting at a breakfast joint in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at around ten thirty in the morning. It's called The Bunnery and on their coffee mugs it says "Get Your BUNS In Here!" which is frankly really great and I should have bought one. It felt like a dozen other breakfast joints I've been in ... View Post

The road to hell.

The road to hell.

  If there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself as an adult human, it’s that I’m a people pleaser. “Hello, I’m Carey. What can I immediately do to make myself uncomfortable in order to make you completely comfortable? What about myself should I conceal and blur to make you feel better ... View Post

Now you see me, now you don’t.

Now you see me, now you don’t.

[Me outside our Airbnb in London.] I've started and stopped this post so many times. But it wasn't until a recent comment exchange with a friend on Facebook, then my reading her article published today on Medium, that I felt that old familiar bubble-about-to-burst that happens before I write a ... View Post

If it hurts too much, you’re doing it wrong.

If it hurts too much, you’re doing it wrong.

Yo! Quick dispatch from VA. Hope your summer is going well and you're not resorting to taking naps in grimy sluiceways that prompt people to call 911 upon discovering your motionless body. How's my summer so far? Well let me tell you. As if I haven't already beat you over the head with tales of ... View Post

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