The Augustinian Democrat

just checking to see if my old blog is still accesible.

The national election is coming up in just three weeks from today and I posted a missive about how scary and even terrifying the next weeks ...

Every evening I wonder what to do. I look older when I don't shave. But sometimes I don't mind that look. The gray beard and growing...

I can't help but think of you. You penetrate my mind. You sing into my mind with melodies that slide. I think of you all the time. I...

My relationship with women has always been complicated. I was mostly raised by my very complicated mom, with her addiction and mental health...

Being on the spectrum is a blessing and a curse. You sense more than the average person, both for good and ill. You see, hear, smell, taste,...

We had learned, expertly, to avoid the security cameras. We only looked at each other with furtive eyes a few times, but it was obvious that...

It's been years since I preached. It wasn't often, but I did preach several times a year back in the day. I love Jesus, and I love...

When blindness smiles I can feel the curve of your lips. When blindness smiles I can hear the wrinkle of your eyes. When blindness smile...

A young woman with deep sadness in her eyes served me this evening. I haven't told her that I've been praying for her in her semi hi...

An elderly follower of Jesus, half mad with hope, writes on parchment on a prison island, revealing the hidden. He remembers back, lo those ...

I was talking with a young man who works with me at the farm about religion today. He mentioned that his father is moderately religious and ...

I lean in and kiss you and we embrace, smelling each others' skin and hair, neck against neck, breathe against breathe. Our heads kneel ...

I was born into a white straight jacket trying since birth to untie the twisted knots invisible at first, unbeknownst to eyes untrained s...

Sheltering child within, womb covered by belly, bolts of cloth sewn to exact specifications, shielding the holy in the sacred darkness of hu...

Hand sells propaganda festive fetid astrid dimensions Exclamations point to destinations festooned with pliable girdles punching monkeys t...

If soap and toothbrushes for children in cages aren't a part of your baseline of human needs, you've dehumanized yourself already. ...

The scent of the deluge is in the air and the leaves are even turned inside out. Charged particles caress my skin as chill breezes slip thr...

Prison walls dripping with tears. Cell block 1, always full. Empty but full of cacophonous screams unheard. Blame bounces like a tennis ball...

Tired and empty. Sober at least. I made two meetings last week, so that's good. Most of my dreams are still nightmares. Especially anyth...