It’s sunny on the south coast and though the wind is here, and it is here to stay, people are wearing shorts and walking around in a kind of spring euphoria. I’ve been actually finding it a little hard to say goodbye to winter—there was something about all that darkness, wet and cold this year …
February, 2025
a turn and burnto portland in february was excited to gobut then all i could think of to do once i got there was to sit in a bar and reada book of short stories, alone no good sleep, lately. maybe it’s been decades the brightest spot in these miserable timesleonard out of prisonevery time …
Tomales
A few days ago I tore myself away from my beloved coastal Oregon to return to California where I lived for the past twenty-two years. I do have love for California, but had been ready to move home to Oregon for many years before I was able to. I found myself heading back to California …
Charlie J. Stephens 