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  • Dinner in the Desolate Light

     · 16 Feb 2026 | Erika's Husband

    “It’s dark outside but the lighting,” Johhny said, “makes this place look desolate.” The place was Kabizza, a little mediterranean restaurant in Tempe. I wouldn’t say it looked “desolate,” but the tile floors, stained fabric booths, and dim lighting certainly provided a humble atmosphere. It was a few days before my scheduled wisdom teeth removal. A last supper, per say.... [Continue reading →]


  • Fun with Watercolors

     · 15 Feb 2026 | Erika's Husband
    Stacie and I made some paintings. Mine is the weird streaky one, Stacie's has the flowers.
    Stacie and I made some paintings. Mine is the weird streaky one, Stacie's has the flowers.

    Last week I painted with Stacie. I have this watercolor set I bought and never... [Continue reading →]


  • Draft Poem for February 8, 2026 Workshop

     · 08 Feb 2026 | Erika's Husband

    The untitled draft I am bringing for workshop today. Posting for accountability, or attention, or something. Good morning Blog!

    Untitled Poem Draft from 02-08-2028
    Untitled Poem Draft from 02-08-2028.
    [Continue reading →]
  • telephone telephone telephone all day !

     · 03 Feb 2026 | Erika's Husband

    It was 11 PM when my sister called. I was getting ready for bed, listening to Operator by Girl Scout. It was a stupid catchy song: Telephone, telephone, telephone, telephone all day… had been stuck in my head for a week.

    “Happy birthday!” my sister said.

    “But-“ I began, trying to explain that it wasn’t midnight here.

    “No! You were... [Continue reading →]


  • After Washing my Socks

     · 02 Feb 2026 | Erika's Husband

    I put my socks in the wash. After they dried, I noticed that they were loose and droopy, not tight and well shapen like they had been when I bought them years ago, a sign to throw them away. I thought about my own body. I do want to have children one day. Will I expend, loose my shape? And... [Continue reading →]


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Archive

2026
June (8)
  • 29 yearn
  • 21 Musical Impulses as of June 21st, 2026
  • 14 There's a stranger in my car. Terraplananananana
  • 14 White Shirts (Tetraptych, 2026)
  • 13 Midwest Odds: Chicago-ish Edition
  • 13 Midwest Odds: St. Louis Edition
  • 6 Thoughts on the Movie Obsession
  • 4 Transfiguration on the Dance Floor
May (5)
  • 31 I Have to Speak to Her
  • 30 On the Reverence of Metabolic Algorithms (We Can Only Eat Sandwich)
  • 17 misc activites from a weekend earlier this month
  • 16 May 16th Flight Logs
  • 6 Open my Heart
April (8)
  • 25 Q2 Deliverables (It's never over)
  • 24 girlbossing in a multidimensional, multifaceted, multidisciplinary way
  • 20 Rochelle Jordan is Feminine Rage
  • 10 the power went out in my apartment and now i dont know who I am anymore
  • 7 hello, maintenance? this is erika's husband. can you please clean up the carcasses of the deceased moths from the hallways? it's a blight.
  • 6 How to organize the cables under my desk?
  • 4 This is 25: Got my chin hairs zapped, three crushes (each going absolutely nowhere, which is probably for the best), graduated from therapy (sort of), reading bell hooks (have i ever known true love?)
  • 2 I met the Love of my Life at Linger Longer Lounge
March (7)
  • 30 nothing important happens in Tucson! (just kidding)
  • 30 The Unknown Mythology of the Red Lugia
  • 29 Trois Chaises (Triptych, 2026)
  • 25 soup?
  • 19 random weekend in my so called life
  • 8 Tailgating someone going 75 MPH on the highway is not normal...
  • 7 on memories which evaporate leaving the imprint of a tiny pool as evidence of their existence
February (8)
  • 28 There's a certain Slant of light
  • 18 Tom's Legendary Visit !
  • 16 Dinner in the Desolate Light
  • 15 Fun with Watercolors
  • 8 Draft Poem for February 8, 2026 Workshop
  • 3 telephone telephone telephone all day !
  • 2 After Washing my Socks
  • 1 Wet Blanket
January (14)
  • 31 Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
  • 30 Two Novellas I've Read Recently and Why I Like Them
  • 30 Went to a book club
  • 29 Loitering at the Linger Longer Lounge (Say that 10 times fast)
  • 25 I'm just so profoundly disappointed in the state of this country, but how can I be surprised in a nation that was founded on the tenets of colonial violence and brutality?
  • 20 Going Outside
  • 17 A slow day
  • 16 Where are the Emergency Exits?
  • 14 My 2025 Poetry Publications
  • 13 I did it!
  • 10 thinking of getting a beanbag chair
  • 10 Who is the poem
  • 10 Why Did I Think Starting a Blog was so Hard
  • 10 This is Erika's Husband
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