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Bel Jacobs talks to Bruno Pieters, the founder of Honest By, one of fashion's most exciting sustainable initiatives.
Twenty years ago, sustainable fashion was stuck in a mire of goodwill and bad design. Raw-edged, patchwork, often no more than an organic cotton T-shirt with a save the whale slogan, green fashion had a bad reputation.
Things have come on, partly due to consumer awareness and a realisation by those in the industry that sustainable fashion in its current form was, well, not sustainable.
In Britain, designers such as Ada Zanditon, Goodone and Christopher Raeburn are combining beauty, innovation and sustainable practices to striking effect. In Europe, the energy is even more pro-active.
One of the decade's most exciting initiatives has emerged from Antwerp. Launched last year by Bruno Pieters, ethical fashion website www.honestby.com claims to be the first company in the world with 100 per cent transparency.
From yarn and button origin to fabric and manufacturing details, every stage of every garment, whether by Pieters or one of the young designers who have made items for the site, is accounted for. Customers have access to all this information, meaning there's no more lurking suspicion that the recycled garment you've just bought was sewn together by children in Bangladesh or that the dyeing process has polluted nearby rivers.
Pieters is an evangelical designer, someone who, as art director of Hugo Boss and director of his own label, was immersed in mainstream fashion before experiencing his own Damascene conversion.
'Honest By was something I wanted as a consumer who loves fashion but who, at the same time, was becoming more aware of what was going on in the industry,' he says.
'When you do fashion shows, everybody works with the same suppliers. It's a big family. They're expensive and they're good quality but if you did the research, they were often not sustainable.
'It was surprising that fabric could cost €50 a metre and not be sustainable. But you don't think about it until you do the research. I wanted more clarity, more information, a guarantee that a product was made in sync with my beliefs. I didn't want to support child labour or animal fur. I think it's crazy to pay for them but I understood that you can't expect companies to change if I'm paying them not to.'
Pieters and his team gathered all the information they thought would be important for both designers and consumers to know. 'How the people who made it were treated; if it's wool, how the animals are treated; what certification means; all these things, we put online.'
Visit the site, wonderfully minimal in aesthetics and execution, and below each product, customers can find the material information, manufacturing details, price calculation and its carbon footprint.
This may not be the most gripping read but the effect of knowing the cotton used in Pieters' printed tailored pencil skirt came from an organic farm in Izmir, Turkey, or that the garment was made by the Pole Agency in Bucharest (owner: Ms Anne Collet; number of employees: 70) is hugely reassuring – and it creates a significant connection between the customer and the skirt.
One of the most fundamental concepts underlying Honest By is Pieters' reimagining of the word 'luxury'. He says: 'I've said many times before, if you're a luxury brand, then sustainability should be the norm.'
Pieters is more than happy to embrace the role of pioneer. 'Anybody can do this,' he says. 'Check out our credits and you can see where we sourced materials, the people we work with. You already have a huge list of suppliers.'
And the resources are by no means only available to small companies. 'The bigger you are, the easier it is,' he insists. 'If you're a big company, you can have anything you want made.'
Pieters' project has been a new call to arms for sustainable fashion. Orsola de Castro is founder of Esthetica, London Fashion Week's sustainable initiative.
'Pieters is a fantastic crossover from the mainstream to eco, a step he took very much from the heart,' she says.
'He was totally a mainstream designer who questioned everything and said: "I can't possibly work like this anymore." Honest By is a unique concept and exactly where sustainable fashion needs to go.'
The project is moving forward. This month saw the launch of the from1000 Transparency Prize, an academic award inspired by the principles of Honest By, together with US fashion journalist Kristopher Arden-Houser.
Pieters and Arden-Houser will work with nine Nordic fashion schools to find the winner, who will then be awarded a mentorship, as well as have their product made.
Pieters himself is now off to travel the world – 'I'm working on a book project about different cultures' – leaving the site in the hands of a capable team.
'It's a small crowd but everything happens like that, especially in fashion,' he says. 'It's never been the masters who change anything.'


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I don't join in half as much as i would like with Tuesday trigger at Moxie fab world.
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I had so many ideas when i saw the inspiration picture but what really caught my eye was the stitching.
I made the holes on my card panel with my cropodile and used some lawn trimmings twine to get the stitched look.
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Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. — Psalm 25:4
Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! — Psalm 96:1
Contemporary Praise Songs and Traditional Hymns
We currently have five musical worship teams that lead us in a blend of contemporary praise songs and traditional hymns. We encourage joyful singing to take place in our Lord's Day services and in our members' homes during the week, as well. That's why we focus on learning a new hymn each month, with some mastering the vocal parts.
Hymns of the Month 2016
Jan – Come Christians, Join to Sing # 32
Feb – Rejoice the Lord is King #302
March – Thine is the Glory # 138
April – When We All Get to Heaven # 603
May – The Love Of God # 111
June – When Morning Gilds the Skies # 141
July – Eternal Father Strong to Save # 643
Aug – God of Grace and God of Glory # 115
Sept – For the Beauty of the Earth # 638
Oct – All the Way My Savior Leads Me # 474
Nov – We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer # 9
Dec – He is Born # 190
Hymns of the Month 2014
January To God Be the Glory #28
February More Love to Thee O Christ #559
March At the Cross#255
April There is a Redeemer#279
May 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus #502
June I Stand Amazed in the Presence #237
July Eternal Father Strong to Save #643
August When I Survey#234
September I Surrender All#433
October O For a Thousand Tongues#136
November Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart #578
December O Little Town of Bethlehem #196
Hymns of the month 2013
JAN Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us 161
FEB How Deep the Father's Love for Us 101
MAR There is A Fountain 224
APR Christ Arose 273
MAY Fairest Lord Jesus 47
JUN This is My Father's World 46
JUL Lead On O King Eternal 659
AUG The Solid Rock 511
SEP How Great Thou Art 6
OCT I Know Whom I have Believed 353
NOV Great is Thy Faithfulness 96
DEC Come Thou Long Expected Jesus 176
Ideas for using the hymn of the month in your home:
Use the index to find the hymn number by title, subject and hymn tune (alphabetizing, using different indices).
Find the hymn number (which way to turn are the numbers larger or smaller)
Copy the verses (examples of different skill levels)
Print the text on one line and have the child copy below
Have the child copy by looking at the hymnal
Write from dictation (allow them to study first or not)
Select choice vocabulary words from the hymn and study their meaning
Identify the rhyme scheme
Draw a picture of the images evoked by the words
Find scripture related to the theme of the hymn
Talk about the hymn tune, find other hymns that use this tune
Find out more about the author and/or composer
Sing the hymn a couple of times each week or whenever you have family worship
Practice vocal parts. Little ones can sing melody (soprano) while older (more musically skilled ones) can sing parts
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Watch Skepta perform with a telephone box at Coachella
Grime MC played the Sahara stage on Sunday afternoon
Skepta performed at Coachella on Sunday (April 16), with a backdrop that featured a BT telephone box.
Weekend one of Coachella came to a close on Sunday night with sets from Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and more. Radiohead and Lady Gaga performed on Friday and Saturday night respectively.
London grime MC Skepta played an early afternoon set on the Sahara stage, playing songs from his Mercury Prize-winning album 'Konnichiwa', including an encore of 'That's Not Me', 'It Ain't Safe' and 'Shutdown'.
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Skepta was joined by A$AP Rocky during a charity gig in London earlier this month. See photos from that show here. Skepta was performing a charity gig at London's Islington Assembly Hall in aid of homeless charity Shelter. During the show, Rocky appeared onstage with Skepta to perform their 2016 collaboration 'Put That On My Set'.
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Strawberry Shortcake has been on my mind a lot since my recent Strawberry Shortcake week posts. I really ended up liking my Bridge Direct Strawberry a lot (I've even gotten kind of used to her smell...and it's not nearly as strong now). When I heard about the exclusive Toys R Us set, it was something I really wanted to add to my collection.
I normally would hesitate to spend $40 on a set of five small dolls, but considering that each doll is between $8 and $10 individually (depending on where you purchase them), and that it was my birthday and I had guilt-free money to spend, I made an exception. ;)
Here's the set in the box. It includes Orange Blossom, Cherry Jam, Strawberry Shortcake, Lemon Meringue, and Raspberry Torte.
The back of the box.
A closer look at some of the details:
I love how the top of the box looks like a strawberry. ;)
Details from the front:
The insert from the box slides out...
...and the dolls are held in place by tape and twist ties.
Once you loose the twist ties, you can lift this clear plastic piece out and separate the dolls.
Here they all are! Such cuties. When I first saw this set, I wasn't sure whether I'd rather hold out for a set of dolls in their original outfits. Their play outfits kinda grew on me, though. ;)
Orange Blossom is by far my very favorite doll from this set. This is her only Bridge Direct release in this size so far, so I'm thrilled to have her.
Back view. Her hair is very long and thick, making it difficult for her to stand unassisted.
I love her adorable outfit with the polka-dotted shirt and little shorts.
Her shoes are really cute, too. Little orange Mary Janes with orange decals on the sides.
Her arms move out as well as back and forth, just like my earlier SSC from The Bridge Direct. All of the articulation on these dolls is the same as my first Bridge Direct doll. (For that reason, I won't really be going into articulation on the dolls this time around. If you want a more detailed review on all of that, read my previous review HERE.)
Orange's sweet face.
She had a little bit of gunk on her face from whatever product they put in her hair...
...but it came off easily with a Lysol wipe. That is something I should note, though. While all of the dolls have nice, soft hair in the back, they all have extremely crunchy bangs.
Next we have Cherry Jam. She's a cutie, too, though she's never been one of my favorite characters.
Back view.
Random side view that I didn't include with any of the other dolls. :}
Her shirt has large cherries on it, and she has striped shorts. The shorts have a tendency to not want to stay up around her bottom when you put her in a sitting position. :}
I love her little sneakers!
Cherry's face up close.
Her hair had a few loose strands that were pretty much impossible to fix without taking out her entire ponytail. I might do that at a later date.
Here's Strawberry Shortcake in her sweet little play outfit.
Back view. Just like Orange, she has long, thick hair that makes her topple over unless she's sitting or leaning against something.
A closer look at her strawberry-themed shirt and matching shorts.
Such adorableness! :) I didn't capture this on camera (except in the back view pics of Cherry Jam), but both Strawberry and Cherry's sneakers have slits in the back, making their shoes very easy to remove and put back on. :)
Strawberry's sweet face.
Here's Lemon Meringue, my second favorite from this set. Her outfit, her hair...everything about her is so cute.
Back view, with a great shot of her hairstyle.
I love the bright stripes and lemon art on her shirt.
Her shoes from the side...
...and the front. :)
My Lemon Meringue has a tilted head. These dolls can only look side to side (not up and down or tilted), so it doesn't affect her head articulation. I actually think in this case it adds to her personality, so I don't mind it.
And here's Raspberry Torte. She's been one of my very favorite characters since the Kenner days for her scent alone. And while I don't find this Raspberry's scent quite up to par with the original, it's not horrible. In fact, after a few days out of the box, I can barely smell her at all.
Back view of Raspberry.
Her shirt has a raspberry surrounded by strawberries on it. When I first saw this set, I thought that she was wearing a one-piece dress. The shirt and skirt are separate, though.
Her shoes are like Orange Blossom's, but in pink and raspberry.
Raspberry reminds me of my original SSC from The Bridge Direct with her very short-looking neck. I had a reader point out that her own SSC doll had a longer neck, and I definitely see some variety even between the dolls in this set. Just be aware as you choose your own dolls to look carefully at them before purchase if these things matter to you.
Just like my other SSC, these dolls have molded toes in their feet. Since they don't have striped tights, I think my girls like their feet better. ;)
Cherry Jam's foot (on the right) appears to have some faint staining from her shoe, so be aware that may be a minor issue with these dolls.
I thought you might like to see a comparison between my original SSC from The Bridge Direct and my new one. I think both are sweet in their own way, and as you can see, they are both unique enough to not seem too similar for one collection.
Back view. The newest SSC's hair is much longer and not as shiny.
I also thought you might like to see comparisons between the Hasbro dolls of the same size. Granted, it's not a full comparison since these dolls are not in their original outfits, but it still gives you an idea of the differences.
The Bridge Direct SSC and Hasbro SSC.
TBD Lemon and Hasbro Lemon.
TBD Orange and Hasbro Orange. I really love both of these ones; Orange was one of my favorites from the Hasbro releases, too. I just love her design and coloring! :D
I think Raspberry Torte is the one who has changed the most between releases. I do think my newest Raspberry is awfully cute, but I have to admit that I prefer the less bright coloring of my Hasbro Raspberry's hair. What do you think?
I'm sorry I didn't include a Cherry Jam comparison, but I don't currently have a Hasbro Cherry Jam.
One of the things my girls and I love about the new hand molds is that you can make the dolls look like they're holding hands. :)
Pleasing Qualities: 4 out of 5
I'm really thrilled with this set. The dolls are fun, bright, and cheerful with sweet expressions and colorful outfits to mix and match. Small details like their slightly dual-toned eye color and their adorable clothing add to their appeal. Just looking at them makes me smile. The crunchy bangs don't really bother me since the rest of their hair is product-free, and I understand that they use the product to make the characters as accurate as possible.
There is one minor issue which made me go ahead and dock one point. It comes down to the scent once again. While Strawberry's scent is still a bit strong and not as pleasing as the original SSC scent used in other years, it doesn't bother me as much as it did at first. The thing is, Raspberry Torte has such a faint scent I find myself wondering if she's even scented at all. After two days out of the box, I can't smell any sort of scent on Orange Blossom or Lemon Meringue at all. Cherry has a light scent that's not bad...a bit soapish, perhaps, but not terrible. And while no scent is better than an unpleasant scent, part of the draw for these dolls is their fun smells. Having "scented" dolls with hardly any scent is rather a disappointment.
So, to sum up, I'm docking a point because I'd love to see some improvement in the scent department. Best case scenario, Hasbro would share their scent secrets with The Bridge Direct. ;) The box does have scent holes at least, so any of you interested in this set can smell the dolls first and see what you think. ;)
Other than the scent issue, I have no other complaints, and I'm very happy with these dolls. :)
Posability: 5 out of 5
I'm sticking with my original conclusion on this part of the review. These dolls are a bit more posable than past SSC dolls, and SSC has never been known for being incredibly articulated, so I feel they deserve a 5 out of 5. In the future, it would be great to see some added articulation to the legs, such as hip joints with similar articulation to the current shoulder joints, giving the dolls just a bit more movement in their legs.
Playability: 5 out of 5
These dolls are a great size for little hands, are fairly easy to dress and undress, and have sweet, cheerful faces with bright colors. They're a great option for playtime. It's also refreshing to have another option for parents who don't want their children playing with dolls that have developed figures.
Price: 4 out of 5
This one took me a while to score. On the one hand, spending $40 at once on a set of dolls like this seems like a lot. However, like I stated before, when you think about the fact that the dolls are around $8 to $10 each, you're either saving $10 or spending no more than you would buying each doll on its own. Add to that the fact that Orange Blossom is not available individually and Raspberry Torte is only available as a Sweet Beats doll for $12, and it all works out pretty well. The pricing is consistent with the rest of the line. You also have a lot of mix and match options with the five pairs of shoes, five tops, and five bottoms on these dolls. If your kids are anything like mine, that's half the fun. ;) That being said, I think the price of each individual doll is perhaps a little high to begin with, so I'm giving it a 4 out of 5.
Thoughts From Oldest Gal
Middle Gal and Little Gal are lice-free, but since Oldest Gal and I are still working on getting rid of ours, Middle Gal and Little Gal are staying at my mom's house right now so they can go to school. :} Because of this, you will only hear thoughts from Oldest Gal this time around. However, I can say that both of my younger girls LOVE this set and would love to have it for themselves. ;)
Here's what Oldest Gal (age 10) thought (typed by her):
The new Strawberry Shortcake dolls are pretty cute. Bridge Direct does a good job with the faces. Some of the outfits are truly adorable.
Strawberry Shortcake's hair is just luscious. I can't believe how beautiful it is (like I mentioned in Mommy's other Bridge Direct Strawberry Shortcake post)! Her smell is breathtaking. Literally. As in, kind of smelly. Her outfit is just "meh." Her shoes are pretty cute, though.
Lemon Meringue is one of my favorites. Her hairstyle is really kid-like, if you know what I mean. It's something that a kid would wear in real life. Her shirt is also really "kiddish." ;) I can't get over how cute her shoes are!
Raspberry Torte's hair is such a vibrant pink! Her face is okay, though. Her outfit is "meh"; so are her shoes. She's the only one in the group with a skirt. I'm not sure how she feels about that.
Cherry Jam's hair is pretty cute. Her shoes are pretty cute. Her face is pretty cute. But I love her high tops! They're so AWESOME!
Orange Blossom is my other favorite doll. Her hair is, like, thrilling! :D Her outfit is "cuteriffic!" Her shoes, however, are "meh." Overall, she is my favorite doll in the whole set, regardless of her shoes.
So, overall, I would probably give this thing a 4 1/2.
Berry nice to talk to you! ;D


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Lake School of English: Home > Accommodation
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Handicap 1 start list
Remember, first runners off at 6.45pm for this one. All the other ones will be at 7.15pm.
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Rightly oh time for rest day today ready for the 1st handicap of 2011ReplyDelete
See you Thursday
- Laurie29 March 2011 at 21:56
Surely the rest of us will never catch the first runners if they have a half hour head start?ReplyDelete
"first runners off at 6.45pm for this one. All the other ones will be at 7.15pm."
I don't know Laurie - the first runner is Colin!ReplyDelete
- Dick Finch29 March 2011 at 23:14
This is an indignant Colin speaking. You will shortly be hearing from my lawyers.ReplyDelete
- Jackie30 March 2011 at 09:36
Friends of Colin and similarly slower runners support group here. We are also righteously indignant.ReplyDelete
- vanessa30 March 2011 at 10:13
Don't be indignant - just ignore him...please turn up and run!ReplyDelete
- Jackie30 March 2011 at 10:25
Think James should run wearing a hair shirt for penanceReplyDelete
- grubby31 March 2011 at 16:03
You have a very suspect personal handicap, Mr. Handicapper !You certainly shouldn't be starting anywhere near me !ReplyDelete
As you were training quite competently with the "A" group on Tuesday, I shall expect you to fall on your sword in glorious technicolour, should you be ahead of everyone in the finishing straight. You'll certainly not have any friends. Although if you were to start me three minutes earlier........


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Standing side-by side at Tuesday's media availability, UT running backs Rajion Neal and Marlin Lane demonstrated how close the two have grown since they were first introduced.
Neal, a Fayetteville, Ga., native, and Lane, a junior from Daytona Beach, Fla., actually met before they stepped foot on campus when they both were in high school.
"A lot of people don't know is that me and Marlin knew each other before coming to Tennessee together through the top camps and things like that," said Neal. "We are pretty familiar with each other. We know how to cut up and turn it on when you need to. It is some pretty thick competition. One thing he always tells me is if I don't finish, he is going to get it."
The one-two punch of Neal and Lane has combined for 1,028 yards this season, with Neal's 693 yards on the ground leading the way for UT while Lane isn't far behind with 335 yards of his own despite missing the Georgia game due to a lower extremity injury. The duo has also scored a total of 12 touchdowns - eight for Neal and four for Lane - this season for the Vols.
"I think everybody needs a running mate," Neal said. "We do a great job of running together. There isn't any 'me first, I'm first'. We try and feed off of each other and both go."
Citing a specific instance from last week's upset of No. 11 South Carolina, Neal recalled how he and Lane worked together to get UT down the field.
"A good example was the second scoring drive," Neal said. "Marlin got it started off, we had a couple of good runs, I came in right behind him, had a couple good runs and scored. I think that right there is what we have the most fun doing. Going in after each other, feeding and just trying to see who can finish it. It is exciting. Our coach always tells us, 'You are only as strong as the guy behind you.'"
The two aren't just dynamic on Saturdays, though. Throughout the week, Neal and Lane are constantly competing in practice and discussing how to help the team.
"We push each other," Lane said. "We compete at practice, we talk to each other off the field. I'll send him texts through the week and tell him what he thinks about getting 100 yards apiece this game."
Lane noted how lucky the Vols are to have both himself and Neal in the backfield, a pair that few schools can match.
"It is nice. Some teams, when their running back gets hurt, their backup is not really ready to get in and they lost a beat," Lane said, "But with us, if one of us gets banged up, we know once the other goes in we are going to pick up on the momentum and keep going, keep hitting our stride like no one was missing."
The competition and drive each have provided the other is something running backs coach Robert Gillespie said "breeds success" and the success the two have shared this season has helped build their confidence.
"I think there is a confidence that we can run the ball on anybody," Gillespie said. "As a playcaller, (offensive coordinator Mike) Bajakian is definitely confident in calling run plays, and as running backs I think that helps them stick their chests out a little bit and know that they can carry the load of this offense."


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Online flirt leads girl to her life partner
I have some experience in the area of love in the digital age.
I met a man online who lived on the other side of the country. We were technologically inseparable for two months before I flew out to spend a week exclusively in his company. In some respects, the week contained everything I imagined the relationship would be… but there's also the reality of how meeting him actually turned out.
It wasn't love at first Tweet, but the attraction our conversations and Google searching generated caught me off guard. I didn't think it would go any further than an unrequited crush. I was wrong. Very wrong.
Here's a word you'll never read about in the more restrained online love stories – masturbation. I mean, how else are two people – separated by thousands of miles but who nevertheless share immeasurable bursts of affection and passion – supposed to connect with each other? I'll be honest. Our first magical phone call? It was pretty awkward. Lots of pauses and throat-clearing. After about twenty minutes, he excused himself for dinner plans. Another one bites the dust, I figured.
But he surprised us both by calling me back later that night at two a.m. my time, initiating a pleasantly amiable conversation that morphed into phone sex which lasted until nearly five in the morning. Later that day, I woke up to a text message from him. "I love the sounds you make," he wrote, and he wasn't talking about my Martha Generic impersonation.
Like so many lusty online romances, masturbation was the glue that held our long-distance flirtatious bond together. I was supposed to be taking the summer off from sex and dating… yeah, that plan lasted all of five days before we met. At first, I rationalized my guilt away: It's only phone sex! It's only masturbating! But it was undeniably the most intimate contact I was allowing myself to share with another person during this self-induced bout of celibacy. And slowly, over weeks, he was learning more from me than just dirty talk.
We talked all of the time, it seemed, through every medium we could get our hands on: instant messages, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, cell phone calls, work phone calls. I told him my secrets, my worries, the mean things people said to me at work ("There's a supermodel buried in there somewhere!") and the kind words of encouragement from others that I refused to let sink into my damaged psyche. He told me things, too: his insecurities, his anxieties, stories about his failed marriage and his ex-girlfriends and the friends he suspected didn't really have his best interests at heart (he was right about them). We let each other in and so much of everything inside us came gushing out.
I started sending him text messages coded with meaning. Once he proposed me and i accepted it only after testing his interest in my for months and texted him "How are you my Online Boyfriend".
"Boyfriend," he wrote back. "I like that." Writing the words didn't make him my boyfriend, but it did mean we were [maybe] onto Something Big.
Even though I had a few hang-ups about his polyamory, I just knew that I had to meet him in-person. None of what we were building online and over the phone could move forward if we didn't meet face-to-face and spend real time together, not hours interrupted by meals and work and the minutiae of life in between our online missives to one another. Being in a relationship requires significant corporeal input – time measured in long touches, kisses, staring at each other across the table, sharing spontaneous ideas while holding hands. I couldn't even think about saying "I love you" if I wasn't right next to him.
We picked a week that I would fly out to visit him in his city, but I waited until the end of one month of talking to him so that I could be "sure" we weren't sick of each other already. I didn't know then that you can never be "sure." I remember that I was trembling as I entered my credit card number into online ticketing.
"Last chance to back out," I wrote.
He didn't hesitate to reply, "Go ahead and buy it."
I made a rule that we wouldn't sleep together unless we were both single by the time I went to meet him. It turned out to be a non-issue. As fate would have it, things fizzled in his open relationship and he was feeling pumped up from the self-esteem boost that comes in being the one to end a relationship, The Dumper as opposed to The Dumped. He wrote a song about the break-up a few days before my flight. "I'll treat someone else right," he sang. "And she'll be monogamous."
I wore rosewater perfume (his favorite scent) on a cross-country flight with a connection in Denver, spritzing myself in various airport bathrooms with a travel-sized bottle in order to keep myself calm. It wasn't that I hadn't gone on long trips before. I had flown solo to Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine, to Madrid and Paris and Amsterdam, Berlin and Dublin. But there was never any potential lover waiting for me on the other side of those flights. After landing, my carry-on suitcase seemed to find every crack in the sidewalk as I raced to find him. There was no need to run. He was already waiting for me in Baggage Claim, a bouquet of purple flowers in his outstretched hands.
There had been some discussion beforehand about the particulars of our first kiss. He wanted to commence making-out immediately upon meeting me, with little regard for the people watching us. My vision for that moment was somewhat different. I wanted a long walk outdoors, both of us away from prying eyes, time to build up some tension (never mind that we had months of sexual tension between us by this point). As predicted, I got my way: we merely hugged with enthusiasm, kissed each other's cheeks, and held hands at the airport, his left arm wrapped around my shoulder when we sat next to each other on the train.
The ride back to his one-bedroom apartment didn't prepare me for what I found inside. The two rooms and bathroom appeared to be much smaller than what I had seen through his laptop camera. His bed was a mattress on the floor with a box spring underneath. The sheets were dingy and rumpled. I set my bag on the bed and sat beside it.
My would-be lover appeared unexpectedly glum as he plopped down on the mattress next to me. "I really want to kiss you right now," he mumbled, unable to look into my eyes. "But I guess I'll wait until we get down to the water, like you wanted."
This is the kind of moment you can't script online. I could have easily avoided his shy gaze and waited for the walk to the waterfront where we had decided our first kiss would take place. I could have stuck to the plans in my head about what the perfect first kiss with this particular man would look like. But I didn't. I asked him to put down the glass of water in his hands. He set it on the sink above us. I climbed into his lap, my legs straddling his hips before wrapping around his waist. I leaned down until we were kissing, and in that moment it was as if I had kissed him hundreds of times before, with boldness and heat, softness and heart-wrenching sweetness. He moaned beneath me and pulled me close to him. We rolled around on his unmade mattress, catching our breath before leaning in to kiss again. This was (almost) better than sex. It was certainly better than my imaginary, water-logged first-kiss fantasy.
That's the thing about fantasies – for most of us who make the transition from online chats to real-life meetings, the reality inevitably turns out to be complicated: simultaneously more than you planned on and less than you had hoped for.
Sex was one of those complicated realities. We had much to learn about each other's bodies, to be sure, but his tiny, stale-scented apartment wasn't exactly the romantic environment I had hoped to consummate our relationship in – and it didn't help that he kept asking me if I was having an orgasm. I felt rushed and overwhelmed by his unrelenting race to the Finish Line. That first night, we didn't go all the way; we rolled over in frustration and passed out, only to face each other the next morning with firm determination to complete what we had started (relatively successful intercourse).
We weren't as amorous as I had expected – our infrequent bouts of sex seemed to punctuate moments of boredom rather than passion. Still, he was tender and gentle as he introduced me to his friends and kissed me on sidewalks, singing U2's "With or Without You" at a karaoke recital and reading next to me in cafés. The following afternoon, we sweated together in an unexpected heat wave, only for him to roll off of me and ask, "Allison, do you think you could ever love me?"
I wish I had stopped to examine his wording. He wasn't making a confession of love – he was asking me to put my feelings on the line, testing the waters before he leapt. This wasn't like me calling him my Online Boyfriend. This was supposed to be a big moment – and it is, for most couples. Love should be the most intimate of risks, not a carefully-worded veil of ambiguity. Still, I didn't see it that way at the time.
"I think I already do," I said. We were both crying.
"Allison, I love you," he said. Hearing him say my name sounded so much better in real life than over the phone. "I've loved you since before we even met." He pulled me on top of him and slipped inside me again. Everything between us felt so right.
"I love you," I whispered over and over into his ears, the nape of his bearded neck, his chest, his arms, practically every inch of exposed skin. "I love you so much."
And I did love him. But even so, I would lie awake at night next to him on that overturned mattress and silently think, This isn't going to work. The same thought flooded me as I stood making pumpkin-oat pancakes and crisp bacon in his kitchen while he uploaded pictures from the day before onto Facebook and tagged our smiling faces. I thought about how it wouldn't work while we walked to a movie theater and he complained about the sun, of all things, as if there can ever be too much sunshine on a day off from work with your lover in tow. It came over me as we drove to a petrified forest and the Pacific Ocean. It came to me when he stood on the rocks next to me and didn't reach out to hold me in the freezing wind.
He said as much in that moment on the rocks. "I don't know what I could add to your life," he told me. Why didn't I believe him? Why didn't we both heave sighs of relief that the truth that lives at the core was finally out in the open? I was a coward who didn't want to let go of the love that had finally found me, even if that love was ill-fitting and wearing me down with impossibility.
"My life is less lonely with you in it," I said. That much was true. I got a rush every time I opened a text message with his name and number, every time he sent me an email or a Tweet or posted to my Facebook wall. I'm almost positive he felt the same way about me. But it didn't change the facts: we weren't compatible in day-to-day living, we strained to make conversation after a few days together, and our physical connection wasn't the all-consuming love affair that either of us had envisioned.
Still, he kept telling me how happy he was to be with me and he said that I was welcome to stay with him any time. We had made our relationship Facebook-official days before and now we talked about living together in his city the following year. How could I tell him that my gut was saying no?
Despite days of tension and my internal uncertainty, that day we found an abandoned state beach park and I pulled him to me, demanding that we make love right there. We did. It was everything I had fantasized: a man I loved on a secluded and empty oceanfront, taking me on the adventure of a lifetime. After we cleaned up, I drove his car for the first time on unfamiliar highways to his friend's house three hours away as he slept in the passenger seat beside me. As I drove, I sang along softly to Alanis Morissette on his iPod: "You've already won me over in spite of me. Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet." We got out of the car, but he stopped the both of us in our tracks on our way to catch the bus that would take us back to his apartment.
"We're a team," he told me, by now fully rested and grinning. "I love you. There's nothing we can't do together."
Inevitably, our week together came to a close. I had tears in my eyes on my way to the airport and not just because I was sad to leave him – in a drunken fit of clarity the night before, I had pushed him away as he reached for me in bed and tried to break up with him, but then I chickened out at the moment of truth. I felt guilty for denying him sex; it was potentially months before we'd see each other again and he was my boyfriend, my Real Life Boyfriend, the man I loved. But it didn't change the way I felt inside – a growing awareness that he wasn't the right guy for me.
He must have felt it, too, even though he didn't share it with me. When I got back to work and my daily routine, he seemed clingier towards me, almost desperate to get my attention, no matter what time of day or night. The three-hour time difference and my lack of sleep didn't help matters. I grew increasingly irritated with his endless barrage of complaints about his boring day-job, his lack of a social life, his jealousy over the success of other artists in his field. I felt like nothing I did satisfied his need for comfort and connection. His constant stream of talking wasn't even especially intimate; every word he uttered and typed rubbed me raw with his need.
I'd die for you, I remember thinking. But I won't live for you.
He didn't need me to die for him. He needed for me to be honest with him. But I pushed him away instead. As the weeks passed, I picked fights that were nonsensical at best and mean-spirited jabs at worst. The terrible and almost unbelievable part of the whole thing was, I still loved him and desperately wanted for things to work out between us.
I let him do the breaking up; I rationalized again, this time telling myself that I couldn't be another woman who hurt him. What a cop-out. He broke my heart by telling me that he had been trying to convince himself that he was in love with me. But he was crying so hard that I didn't really believe him. He insisted that it wasn't all pretend, but I was furious with the way he had pulled the rug out from under me. Why does love have to end in take-backs? Why couldn't he have said, "I love you, but my feelings changed" instead of telling me that none of it was real?
For weeks, I woke up to fresh tears. I cried in the shower and on the ride to work. I cried while listening to his songs on my iPod. I cried while reading his Twitter feed, even though I had deleted both him and his circle of friends from my social network. I took his innocuous 140-character musings as potential signs – was the Garth Brooks video from a broken-hearted lover that he favorited on YouTube an obscure but deliberate shout-out? It wasn't. Within a few days of our breakup, he had a new love interest that soon morphed into the role of girlfriend, someone who lived in his state and went to the movies with him and joked with him and seemed to care about him as much as I ever had.
I tried to get over him without much success. A month after the break-up, I slept with a friend after a few drinks and an invitation to watch Netflix movies in my bedroom. "Make me forget," I told him as we kissed. I pictured my ex's hands and mouth on me. It wasn't until I was actually having sex with my friend that I could focus on the guy I was with, the moment where he and I joined together, not a longing fantasy of my ex-boyfriend.
It took time to get over him. It took a deliberate sabbatical of silence and a series of Google Chats that still leave me baffled at the random, aloof cruelty he could channel in those conversations. He admitted that at one time, he was in love with me. After months of torturing myself over whether his feelings for me were ever real, I felt validated and relieved by his confession. Still, there are a few key times in our relationship we both remember differently. I guess we all have our own versions of the same story.
I wonder what it would have been like if the story with my ex-boyfriend had ended at the two of us exchanging a few Tweets and flirtatious instant messages. Maybe I would have gone to the city he lives in for different reasons. Maybe we would never have met. But I'm glad I took the leap. I went across the country in search of love, the ultimate unknown. I might not have found what I was looking for with him. Hell, I might not even be anyone's girlfriend right now. But man. What a story.
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We have assembled a collection of over 120 of the finest rums from around the world and a our Cuban cocktails are made exactly the way they are made in Havana.
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The United Nations (UN) is looking to adopt a forensic science approach to assist in managing the problem of illegal fishing. At a UN Food and Agriculture Organization workshop in Rome they discussed what techniques could assist and how: UN turns to forensic science to help combat illegal fishing. "DNA analysis can unveil the species of a suspect white fillet, for example, and chemical tests on fish ear bones reveal absorbed nutrients to pinpoint the region where they were caught, major weapons in combating unscrupulous fishers and traders who game the system to prevent over-fishing and avoid international restrictions aimed as preserving fish stocks, as well as taxes and other limits."
I always say that there is no end to the types of casework to which a forensic science approach can be applied and this is a perfect example of this in action. Particularly given that one participant at the UN meeting described how "a group convicted of illegally trading abalone confessed that they learned techniques for destroying evidence by watching CSI: Miami." It's that CSI effect again, only this time it's gone really bad.
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A Police Alert today said, "There are now forty investigators and police officers involved in this homicide enquiry. Every available resource at our disposal is being used." This is to try to catch the killer of an Auckland taxi driver who was stabbed to death whilst he was working last weekend.
A UK police force recently solved a murder by applying a massive amount of man power (and resources) and a man was successfully prosecuted, even though a body was not found for months after the start of the investigation: Old-fashioned police work solves case of GP killed by jealous man.
In the absence of a body, all the Police had to work on was a potentially powerful motive (jealousy) and a lack of any activity involving the missing man. Police contacted every hospital, dental surgery, supplier of gas, water, electricity, satellite, cable TV, bank and mobile phone provider in the COUNTRY to see if the missing man had made an appearance somewhere else, as well as ports and airports – but nothing. That is an enormous amount of effort, man power and time.
Police suspected that the missing man's car had been used to transport his body so they checked petrol records to see how much fuel would have been in the car's tank on the night he went missing so they could establish how far it could have been driven. The missing man's car was also examined for soil and pollen to suggest where it may have been.
The Police had a suspect and so they examined CCTV footage to track the movements of the missing man's car as well as that of the suspect (there's a good argument right there for automatic numberplate recognition cameras and data recording). They pieced together the suspect's movements on the relevant night and determined that he had had four hours to dispose of the body. So then they worked out how far he could have travelled in that time. The search took them over an enormous area.
Police divers searched water bodies.
Dogs detected a scent in some woods where Police then found a wheelbarrow among the trees. Officers then spent hours sifting through photographs and videos at the suspect's house, looking for a photograph of the wheelbarrow – and they found one. Five months after he disappeared, the missing man's body was located in a very deep grave, dug by a man who knew how to dig holes – the suspect had been a telecomms engineer and dug holes for a living. Overall, the Police put an enormous amount of effort into this case – it's a gift to Hollywood just waiting to be made.
It maybe would also give hope or comfort to the family of the Auckland taxi driver that the Police resources will be enough to find the person or people who did it.
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Some of us Scibloggers were called 'cool' this week by the Taranaki Daily News – Cool science. It is cool indeed to be called a cool scientist.
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How hard is it for a Police officer to determine whether a driver might be off their trolley because of methamphetamine abuse? Some might say that if you see it often enough, you recognise the signs.
How hard is it for a forensic toxicologist to reconcile different driving behaviours as being attributable to meth use? Possibly very difficult, if no blood sample is taken. However, New Zealand's law now allows for a blood sample to be collected from drivers suspected of driving whilst impaired through drugs (see previous posts: Drug driving and impairment testing, Roadside impairment tests; drug driving, Don't accept the forensic science at face value). Which is just as well, given the enormous variation in behaviours that can be exhibited by meth users.
I would expect most people in NZ would think that a driver who was on P (pure methamphetamine) would be tanking down the motorway at 150 kph with the Police in hot pursuit, as per last year's events involving the accidental death of a courier driver who was caught in the cross-fire between Police and an armed driver. However, an article in last month's Science & Justice shows just how varied the effects of P can be.
The article's author, Nikolas Lemos*, writes of two separate cases involving drivers being stopped by Police.
The first case involved a relatively placid, co-operative man who drove somewhat erratically but was slow (only about 30 miles an hour) and was tail-gating the car in front. Police asked him to stop and he did.
The second case involved the Police in a high-speed car chase with a driver and a stolen sports utility vehicle. After racing along roads at speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour, the driver then leapt from the moving vehicle, leaving a female passenger to crash, along with the vehicle, into police cars. Police chased the driver and tried, unsuccessfully, to subdue him with a conductive energy weapon (which I assume means a Taser). After being Tasered (is that a real word?) another two times, he was dragged kicking and screaming into custody.
Two more dissimilar descriptions of P users you couldn't imagine but the blood methamphetamine concentrations of both drivers were comparable as were their heights and weights. Just goes to show just how unpredictable P can be.
* As the article is behind a subscription wall, the full reference is: Lemos, N. 2009. Methamphetamine and driving. Science & Justice, 49(4), 247-249. Abstract: Methamphetamine incidence in driving under the influence cases in the City and County of San Francisco is a significant and on-going challenge. Two methamphetamine positive driving cases are presented herein demonstrating some similarities in observed signs and symptoms and drug blood concentrations but which are also characterised by very different driving styles and behaviours towards the police officers when encountered on the road.
The article also discusses other issues such as the field impairment tests and analytical results.
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Wildlife forensics is an expanding area of forensic science – there is even a separate session in the upcoming Australia & New Zealand Forensic Science Society 20th International Symposium in Sydney this September.
Seeing as this subject is gaining wider acceptance, I thought I'd share the story of the recent arrest of an Italian man for being a serial wolf killer. Wolves have been a protected species in Europe for some time and have been protected in Italy since the 1970s. Unfortunately, a number of wolves were found killed and sometimes mutilated (the muzzle being missing from at least one) in the Genoa region. A man was eventually arrested and from him was seized a necklace of teeth. The teeth were sent to the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) where wildlife specialists extracted DNA from them.
As with any case like this, unless there is a database against which to compare results. the results can themselves be more or less meaningless. However, because of the European focus on collating information there is in fact a DNA database for wolves and other large predators that is used to assist with population monitoring. The DNA is gathered from many sources including cadavers and faecal matter (not forgetting other possible sources such as fur, skin, bones, etc., etc.).
Six separate wolves were identified from the necklace using the DNA database. Obviously not all killers wear their victims teeth – at least not usually of the human variety – but keeping mementos of hunting is not at all unusual and it makes perfect sense to use trophy items to attempt to link a possible offender with an offence. As this is totally outside my area of knowledge I have no idea how much wildlife DNA is being monitored or tracked throughout New Zealand and Australia but I assume it would be a very handy tool for Customs and MAF – perhaps I'll be able to report more after I've attended the conference (particularly if someone wants to pay the AU$2500+ that it's going to cost…).
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Manolis Karantinis is a musician, composer and astonishing bouzouki virtuoso from Athens, Greece. His unique style of playing incorporates elements of Rebetiko, Middle Eastern music, Italian traditional music, Flamenco and Jazz and makes him one of the most acknowledged contemporary bouzouki players in the world.
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How many times have you come across an old vintage car and thought about fixing one up. Well, we visited Vintage Auto a day after their grand opening the other day and saw this lovely Mercedes sporting something different!. A modified L20 sitting on Watanabe's. Come back this week when we feature the entire Vintage Auto shop where you'll see some of the coolest old school vintage cars for sale in Japan.
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Three students from Pakistan out shined candidates from 45 different countries at the Karl Popper Debating Championship, which is one of the largest high school debating tournaments in the world.
The Pakistani team won the entire competition after six preliminary rounds, three elimination rounds and a grand-final against South Korea. The 18th edition of the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) Youth Forum, held in Mexico from July 2 to 15, had teams from 45 countries and more than 200 competitors to debate in a variety of motions.
The topic for the final debate was "Guantanamo Bay prison should be closed down immediately." The Pakistan team had the luxury of defending the motion while team Korea was not able to prove that it should not be adopted. The competition had two different events – a team-based competition and an event-based forum where debaters where paired with a member from another country.


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First generation of this popular SUV was produced in the 2000 and the customers, as well as the designers, have seen that this SUV have great potential. Even at that time, with that first generation, it was great opponent to some more experienced SUV makers such as Ford and Chevrolet. But Toyota keep improving it and now, 2018 Toyota Sequoia is the best they can do. Knowing all that, and knowing that they`ve put a lot of effort in making new Sequoia, there`s no mistake if you want to ride new Sequoia.
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New Sequoia will be offered in three different trim levels called: SR5, Limited and Platinum. New 2018 Toyota Sequoia is the biggest SUV that Toyota make and it is the perfect SUV for the US market because the customers in the US loves large vehicles. Greatest change on the exterior, because new Sequoia won`t suffer some iconic visual changes, is that Toyota now used all lightweight materials to make the body of this SUV. That will huge effect to reducing fuel consumption and to increase the speed and power of Sequoia. Toyota redesigned a bit his grille and headlights as well, trying to make it more elegant but powerful in the same time.
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"Restricting access to the mountains is, in our opinion, difficult and unnecessary (...) the risk of an accident in the mountains will always be there," said the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue Service (TOPR) and the Tatra National Park authorities in a statement sent to the PAP news agency.
Over the Christmas and New Year period, six people died in a series of accidents in the Tatras at a time when there was little snow but much ice on trails.
During a meeting of the Polish parliament's physical education, sport and recreation committee earlier this week, MPs asked mountain rescuers whether trails should be closed in the winter.
"I am opposed to closing Tatra trails in the winter. We want to increase emphasis on education throughout the country, so that we can bring up the young generation with greater knowledge about the mountains, about nature.. " said TOPR chief Jan Krzysztof .
Poland's southern Tatra Mountains are a big draw for skiers and hikers in the winter, and are also popular during the summer months. (pk)
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The Nose: A solution to lengthy public testimony, plus legislators fighting over lawn mowing!
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Apart from comedy, the device would add efficiency. Pistol Pam's now-established routine in public meetings would be shorter.
At the moment, her patented method, delivered roughly three times per meeting, is to ask a jittery county staffer or hapless member of the public a belligerent question.
The offender offers some mealy-mouthed answer like, "Well - " or "I -" before Pam interrupts with another confrontational question-slash-accusation like, "You don't know, do you? You don't know why county email addresses are so confusing!"
It's time for PC to align email addresses. Use names NOT ridiculous aberrations! Ex: ken.marshal instead of kmarsh4.— Pam Roach (@pamroach1) April 18, 2017
The routine typically closes with an irritated growl from Councilman Rick Talbert, a gavel-down from Council Chairman Doug "Why Do I Do This" Richardson and Roach's now-traditional retreat to Twitter to claim that someone attacked her, followed by rambling, 30-minute calls to Fishwrap staffers to explain her views in exhaustive detail.
Instead of going through all that bother, Pam could ask her question, dispense with waiting for an answer and push the button: Whoosh! Aiieee! Problem solved!
Heading for OT — again: In case you didn't notice, your aforementioned state lawmakers are hurtling toward yet another special session, or as the Sniff likes to call it, that moment when everyone starts negotiating after pretending for four months to be interested in negotiating. Other names for this time of year include a) Ignoring Gov. Big Jay Inslee; b) Leaving town until leadership sorts it out; and c) Let's take some more shots at Inslee and hope everyone buys it.
The new squabble is the same as the old squabble: a budget and state school funding. As it happens, legislators have been so busy not negotiating that they took time out this week to fuss over the surge of dandelions sprouting on the Capitol Campus and its ecofriendly lawns. The horror! Sen. Mark Schoesler, Republican Senate majority leader and noted Ritzville weed-hater, said he was "absolutely embarrassed" by the slovenly appearance of the grounds.
Rs upset about "natural" state of Capitol lawn and dandelions. Schoesler (rear left) proposing bill to take control away from @GovInslee pic.twitter.com/irOjLPjRCY— Austin Jenkins N3 (@AustinJenkinsN3) April 19, 2017
This is turning into standard procedure for state solons. Agreeing to something in the regulated time span has become shameful, like you're giving something away without the spectacle of a fight no one really wanted to have.
For the past few years, legislators have treated state-mandated deadlines like mild suggestions. Who do they think they are — journalists? They should opt for The Fishwrap's new normal: Scribble four or five sentences that reduce a complex issue to us-vs-them soundbites, slap a video on top and call it good!
Maybe that newsie analogy is more fitting than it sounds, since Senate Republicans and House Democrats accuse each other of pushing fake news, or more precisely, fake budget proposals, according to the Fishwrap's Mighty Melissa Santos.
Republicans say Democrats are too afraid to take an actual floor vote on the taxes they've proposed, while Democrats say Republicans are using the old send-it-to-the-ballot dodge to avoid taking tough votes themselves. Hey, the truth hurts — amazing how much fear comes into play when the time comes for actual voting. (Or as The Sniff puts it, earning your legislative paycheck.)
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A Thread of Imagery Connecting Fiction, Poetry, Flash Fiction and More
This issue of Fourteen Hills, published twice a year by the MFA students at San Francisco State University, is a collection of striking imagery. From my first glimpse of the cover image—a deer standing wide-eyed on a beach covered in trash—to the content of the stories, poems, and artwork inside, I was repeatedly captivated by memorable visual after memorable visual.
The fiction of this issue ranges from very short flash pieces of just a page in length to full and detailed stories spanning over thirty pages. Kicking off the bombardment of wonderful imagery is Randall Brown's "Progressive Tense," which begins with an image of what something isn't and continues through a series of actions that serve to capture the futility of the narrator's efforts to connect with his family. Despite the brief and heartbreaking details we learn about the characters—a father suffering from Parkinson's, a son with eerily similar body tics—the progressive tense used throughout emphasizes the hopelessness the piece ends on: "I'm yelling pull, pull, pull, but always nothing."
Arguably the most gut-wrenching image here is taken from Adam Klein's "A Hardship Post." This lengthy story, which takes place in Bangladesh, is worth every page, if only for the central searing visual of a worm crawling out of a young girl's belly button. Klein handled the scene with enough description to make my skin crawl, but with a touch of humor to avoid bordering on grotesque. Though the image is only one small moment in the story, the main character, Roger Card, revisits it in the last few lines of the story, solidifying the central themes of foreignness: "For a moment, he imagined Rafique, and maybe everyone else, had seen something foreign, larval, emerging from him. Closing his eyes, he imagined having the coordination to crush it."
One of the shorter and more controlled fiction pieces is "Coffee-mate" by Susan Straight. The first line instantly caught my attention and caused me to unconsciously grind my teeth: "We were so hungry when we worked there, we ate Coffee-mate on breaks." The short story, only covering four pages of this small journal, is a brief story of friendship told around staggering descriptive detail. The narrator describes her and co-worker Mary Janisse's sugar rush as, "creamy sweet dust," which they would steal spoonfuls of and "crunch it between our molars." Straight's lush writing assaults the reader with an image that requires multiple senses, causing us to see, feel, and taste her characters' story.
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The trend of captivating images continues through the inclusion of eight glossy pages of artwork by Chris Koehler and Philip Govedare. Consisting mostly of abstract landscape imagery, these pages offer a colorful reprieve halfway through the literature of the journal. Koehler's work is done in all red, black and white tones, while Govedare paints in muted pastels. Together, their work starkly contrasts and oddly compliments the other.
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