My eyes have seen far too much... their heavy and full of years... never more to feel the touch... never more to know... it's raining here... a perfect Tuesday afternoon... her birthday is...

The Convergence Part 10 I Wrote It Before I Fully Knew It https://x.com/RaphaelTiriel/status/2049511467741802514?s=20

¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! if you celebrate. This may surprise you, but it’s not much of a holiday here in Mexico. Believe it or not, Taco Tuesday isn’t a big deal here, either. Today is just Tues...

Found myself in another hotel room for 2 nights this week. It’s a stacked week. I have a phone call for a meeting in the morning, soundcheck for a show I’m doing Tues night at noon… Hit the stag...

“According to psychology the greatest form of peace is to have zero desire to be understood, pitied, admired, or even known.” I keep bumping into people I haven’t seen for a decade or more. Peo...

Loved Bloom this year, but wasn’t as interested in the plants. It was nice to see HS Friend. Chipped my tooth Friday afternoon & had to wait until today to call anyone. Saw Dad & Stepmo...

It’s a hell of a thing, we don’t get to be gods in flesh or by half as demigods or anything like that. We all just got this little faint stain of it there in our almost entirely animal mixtu...

Dear A, Today’s swim was later than usual, so I found myself among a different crowd. The pool was quiet, and I had a lane to myself. Lately, I’ve been improving my technique, even borrowing tip...

We had a very lazy Sunday. Up until 11:00 a.m., I thought K.’s girlfriend was still around, because she hadn’t texted me to tell me that she had left, like she had the previous day. I am not hid...

It began on a crisp morning, just after fog had lifted off the hills like a spirit finally letting go. Ma had ventured out of the holler on a quiet errand, fetching dried sumac and a spool of b...

Previously on The Gays of our Lives… I reconnected with my cousin, who was finally in a good place. He got a new job serving kids in community up north, and moved into a new place with a friend...

The Wonderful Love of Manny Feek and Mercy Bow Coo It was the love story of all love stories. The tale of Manny and Marcy spanned all time in the Valley and was the standard that all love woul...

When you're all alone and it's overwhelmingAnd you're in the dark and your heart is beatingWhen you feel everything and nothingYou can take a breath and call meIt doesn't matter when, it doesn'...

I think that’s the only way I can accurately sum up everything I’m feeling. I’ll be honest, it doesn’t feel real just yet. And one thing I’m noticing? There’s no small emotion when it comes to t...

So I got my piercing today: So The piercing process was not as painful and as bad as i thought. It was honestly just a bit worse than a shot I was really surprised. The piercer was a real s...