A Divine Catharsis

03/20/2026

How Anarchists Are Made, Not Born

There’s a persistent myth that anarchists are somehow born that way—rebellious from the cradle, allergic to authority before they can even walk. It’s a convenient narrative for those who want to dismiss anarchism as a personality defect rather than a political awakening. If anarchists are simply born unruly, then society bears no responsibility for creating them. But history tells a different story....

There’s a persistent myth that anarchists are somehow born that way—rebellious from the cradle, allergic to authority before they can even walk. It’s a convenient narrative for those who want to di…

03/19/2026

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I've got the opportunity to enter into the Veterans Administration PTSD inpatient therapy in Albuquerque at the end of April for what I am told will be a minimum 60 days in patient therapy most likely probably 90 days or longer up to a year in length. March 19th 2026 I have been trying to get through to the correct people to get screened into this for several months but I'm pleased to say that I got through the screening process rapidly and now it's just waiting till April 27th....

I’ve got the opportunity to enter into the Veterans Administration PTSD inpatient therapy in Albuquerque at the end of April for what I am told will be a minimum 60 days in patient therapy mo…

02/25/2026

Back deep into trauma

As I wrote last year I started PTSD therapy through the VA via weekly telephone sessions with a therapist and got about five weeks into the fifteen week program and it was too upsetting to continue but it wasn't a total loss as we were able to identify nine traumatic events in my life and we were able touch upon some of the childhood traumas I had experienced as young as age three when I saw a decapitated body in an auto accident....

As I wrote last year I started PTSD therapy through the VA via weekly telephone sessions with a therapist and got about five weeks into the fifteen week program and it was too upsetting to continue…

02/12/2026

Getting down to the bone

Id estimate that over the past 54 years I've detoxed myself off of nearly every substance known to man over 500 times and the older I get the harder they hit. I have abused this old body way beyond the designers intentions that's for sure and today is day 2 of this current detox off of methamphetamine after a hard marathon ride of 3 years and 9 months; the exact length of time since I was evacuated from the fire....

Id estimate that over the past 54 years I’ve detoxed myself off of nearly every substance known to man over 500 times and the older I get the harder they hit. I have abused this old body way …

02/12/2026

Top of the mesa

Morning doesn’t knock up here.It just arrives—cold, blue, honest. The sun spills slow over sage and basalt,rolls across the wide back of the mesalike it’s stretching after a long sleep.From these twin peaksI can see weather coming an hour away—dust lifting in soft veils,snow building its quiet argument over theSangre de Cristo Mountains....

Morning doesn’t knock up here.It just arrives—cold, blue, honest.The sun spills slow over sage and basalt,rolls across the wide back of the mesalike it’s stretching after a long sleep.From these tw…

02/03/2026

Back on the mesa

I moved out of the shed in El Prado yesterday back up to my friend Matt's house up on Two Peaks out on the mesa. Life in the shed which held so much promise last year deteriorated rapidly into a trap house environment due to the people who panhandle nearby at the old blinking light who I tried to help by letting them shower at the shed....

I moved out of the shed in El Prado yesterday back up to my friend Matt’s house up on Two Peaks out on the mesa. Life in the shed which held so much promise last year deteriorated rapidly int…

01/31/2026

Giovanni Maria de Agostini, Hermit Peak, and the uneasy art of solitude

01/31/2026

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01/30/2026

Moving Day (again)

I've lost track of how many permanent moves I've made in the 50 years since I left home but it exceeds the number of years somewhere around 60 times now. My lease here at the shed in El Prado expires tomorrow and the place I'm hoping to get into is not completed yet for another 30-60 days. It wasn't much of a place other than a roof over my head with running water and heat....

I’ve lost track of how many permanent moves I’ve made in the 50 years since I left home but it exceeds the number of years somewhere around 60 times now. My lease here at the shed in El…

01/30/2026

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01/28/2026

Tossing this out there one more time, it's the middle of winter and my lease is up and at a solid $2,500 underfunded for the reintegration of the Mesa back up Two Peaks until I find another landlord willing to work with my HUD Vash voucher that you have to be an Honorably Discharged veteran to obtain. Got a cord of wood, stockpile of water, solar power, all the staples. About 8 miles in from the cattle guard and no wheels and need to clear back rent and a hefty electric bill and LIHeap spent last month and no income until the 13th. This GoFundMe is old but donations through this portal are secure and will hit my chime in 2 to 3 days. Whatever you can do helps and I thank you in advance.

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