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About The Lost Pedestrian

In my wanderings throughout the moments/days/years, I try in earnest to find the mystical within the mundane and the mundane within the mystical, oftentimes confusing one from the other. I have wandered and roamed through many a city, many a town, in a state of wonder and bewilderment, without necessarily going anywhere. I am easily lost, but eventually found. (I am guessing you have just found me). My sincere hope is that you will find Something in this warehouse of thought, memory and false memory, words, numbers, tangents, murmurs, echoes (lots and lots of echoes), voices, dreams, and other paraphernalia.

Late or Early Valentine’s Day

Posted on August 31, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

I found this unpublished post in my Drafts folder on WordPress. My ghost surprised me with a Valentine’s Day text today. I do not really know what to make of it. I could have responded with something like “Wait, aren’t … Continue reading →

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Stranger(s)

Posted on August 26, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

Walking Orfeo (Orfie) around the neighborhood reminds me of how strange people can be. Were they always this strange? Are they getting stranger? Am I getting stranger? Could I be any more strange? Maybe I am only a stranger to … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of ostrich cancer

Posted on June 22, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

I was at a doctor’s appointment. The office was not really an office but more like front counter at a dry cleaner. My doctor was a short and very cheerful Asian woman. She was telling me that the results of … Continue reading →

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arisen + erased

Posted on March 25, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

Sitting at Collectivo, trying not to listen to the guy at the table across from me, blathering away on his cell phone. Loudly. My irritated glance is not enough to get through to him. There’s a certain shamelessness to a … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 6, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

It’s March 6, 2024. And there are too many things that should have happened by now. So many things. Beyond my ability to count. I would not know where or how to begin. But I hope it’s not too late. … Continue reading →

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persona(e)

Posted on March 3, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

Have you ever tried out a persona that wasn’t exactly you, but that you thought would make you a cooler you? And then it turned out that the persona was not as cool as you thought it would be. But … Continue reading →

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Not his fault

Posted on February 27, 2024 by The Lost Pedestrian

It’s been difficult to write of late because of this odor permeating my writing space. It’s a gassy odor. Much like a fart. Actually, it IS a fart, but fortunately it is not my own. It is not of me. … Continue reading →

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horror story

Posted on July 1, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

Today I was horrified to learn that there is someone out there who reads this blog. This was not supposed to happen. I feel violated. I mean it feels like a violation of my privacy to have words that I … Continue reading →

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A person

Posted on February 2, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

What does it say about a person who sits on their glasses, time and time again, always vowing that this time they will have learned to be more careful and diligent? What does it say about a person who begins … Continue reading →

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talk therapy

Posted on January 28, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

I only have 20 minutes to think of something to say at my therapist appointment. But all I really want to do is to walk in the snow. Nothing would please me more. But since it’s too late to cancel, … Continue reading →

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the call

Posted on January 27, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

I’m nervous tonight. Anxious and nervous. Nerxious. There’s a possibility that this person might call me, or text me if I don’t answer, and even though I would be so much happier not responding, I am afraid I will be … Continue reading →

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gastropods

Posted on January 26, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

Sometimes I wonder what the angel fish really thinks of the snail. Not what they want me to think that they’re thinking, but what is really going on deep within their psyches and their souls. They look like they have … Continue reading →

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unpaid interns

Posted on January 22, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

The effort not to make an effort is exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. Which could mean that the fastest way to get somewhere is to never leave, or always leave Even the best laid plans are the ones … Continue reading →

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Happiness

Posted on January 18, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

Lots of people keep telling me that I will never be happy until I give up on all notions of being an artist. That the best thing to do right now is to not even think about it. I felt … Continue reading →

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sighs

Posted on January 16, 2023 by The Lost Pedestrian

Can you recall the exact time and day that you discovered you have the ability to sigh? Or your longest sigh on record and what led up to it, what inspired it? Was there a time in your life when … Continue reading →

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