Craig Clevenger's Blog: The Insomnograph, page 2
May 3, 2010
Dispatch from Interzone: Drinks with the General’s Son
One dog in particular stands out in my neighborhood. Longish white fur mottled with hazy black spots, she looks like an out-of-focus Dalmatian. Her bright blue eyes are visible from half a block away like twin pinpoints of television static. … Continue reading →
Dispatch from Interzone: Drinks with the General's Son
One dog in particular stands out in my neighborhood. Longish white fur mottled with hazy black spots, she looks like an out-of-focus Dalmatian. Her bright blue eyes are visible from half a block away like twin pinpoints of television static. … Continue reading →
April 26, 2010
A List of Things That Have Saved My Ass
I've been meaning to append one of these travelogues with some tricks of the trade I've picked up over my years of travel, but the practicality of it came off as a real buzzkill after my other musings. So, this … Continue reading →
April 11, 2010
Dispatch from Interzone: Anarchy in Dog City
The sky is backwards, the constellations upside down. I've been to the Southern Hemisphere before, spent several weeks in South Africa around '98-'99, but I never looked at the stars. Standing outside alone at night in Johannesburg and staring up … Continue reading →
March 31, 2010
Dispatch from Interzone: Breathing on Mars
I step off the plane in La Paz fifteen hours after leaving SFO. My carry-on feels ten times heavier than when I brought it on board and I'm having a tough time breathing. Inside the airport there's an oxygen station … Continue reading →
February 16, 2010
God and Lung Cancer
I shook a man's hand Thursday night and that man was dead Friday morning. I'll call him "T." That I hardly knew T is an understatement. I met him for the first time at a hospital on Wednesday night and … Continue reading →
June 21, 2009
The Rural Juror
Once more. Again. Try it again, slower. Okay, now you're dropping out. Take your time. Ignore the punctuation. Pay attention to the punctuation. Relax. Make it more natural. Pick it up. A little more force. You're dropping out again. You're … Continue reading →
