A new blogstory by American writer Jarid Manos Fear & Loving: Where Sea Level Meets the Deep — a non-profit literary project of Great Plains Restoration Council. An urban chronicle of life at sea level and in the oceans before climate change hits hard. BEGINNING...
Download Audio January 2, 2014 I’m uncontainable. I can hardly sit still for long. Often I have moments where I feel I might spontaneously combust – implode and explode in the exact same instant – and all that will be left will be some smoke poofing out in mid...
February 17, 2014 Download Audio So I finally left Dallas, Texas around 8 p.m. Friday night, January 31st. I was originally supposed to be in Miami by Saturday February 1st. You know I downsized my entire life to what I could fit into that little silver Kia. Not that...
February 19, 2014 Download Audio Couple more wrong turns. This plainsman / nomad / traveler through life wasn’t getting it right tonight. Dead of night. Poorly or unmarked side roads sliding down into Louisiana. On one wrong turn I saw a cop car idling in an abandoned...
February 25, 2014 Download Audio I live in a Cuban hood filled w Cubans, black b-ballers, a smiling Asian chick wit a baby, a lil ol white lady who reads a book in the park every evening, lots of bicycles, basketballs, baby strollers, beer bottles, banana trees, &...
March 6, 2014 Download Audio South Florida is so different from the rest of the United States. Feels more Caribbean, which often feels like a mashup of Latin America and Africa. I’ve been thinking – what does it mean to be here, instead of visit? All around me...
March 21, 2014 Download Audio So much I don’t know. There’s a little abrasion or skin irritation on the back of my left knee. Is it from waves bumping me into the jetty rocks or something else in the water? The sea I want to take lightly and comfortably, at least...
Saturday, 29 March 2014 How many people you know googled “hope for ocean acidification” last night at 12:31 a.m.? Been having dude problems and also been feeling tons of pressure from all the probs in the world like I can’t breathe, so couldn’t...
