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Sad Phoenix

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José Alaniz | 9/27/23

Robin Goodfellow

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José Alaniz | 8/30/23

A Good Death (Words)

In mid-July we lost our elderly French Alpine goat, Sophie. It got me thinking about the role that death plays in our little homestead here on the KP. We got Sophie along with her daughter … more

José Alaniz | 8/2/23

Like Climbing a Real Mountain, Only Better

As someone who teaches college-level literature classes for a living, once or twice a year I find myself giving my students some version of this speech: It’s no surprise to me that I only … more

José Alaniz | 8/2/23

A Good Death (Pictures)

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José Alaniz | 7/31/23

Anthropocene Haiku

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José Alaniz | 5/31/23

Against Food

As I write this I have not put food in my body for over 48 hours. Over the last three months, I have been intermittently fasting — going up to three days with no food — and I feel … more

José Alaniz | 5/31/23

Learning from a Memoir

Do you know what nonbinary means? If you don’t care to know, do you think others should have the opportunity to read about it if they so choose, like at a library? What if … more

José Alaniz | 4/27/23

Sheared

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José Alaniz | 4/24/23

Treefall

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José Alaniz | 3/26/23

Eleanor Roosevelt (2016-2023)

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José Alaniz | 3/1/23

Thoughts While Burying Maggie (In Words)

At some point a grave is no longer a grave, just a depression. Then a disturbance in the soil. Then part of the garden, a pile of rocks. (She’s gone.) Lots of rocks down here. more

José Alaniz | 2/1/23

Thoughts While Burying Maggie (In Drawings)

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José Alaniz | 1/30/23

Their Krampic Majesties Request

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José Alaniz | 12/28/22

‘The War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells

A strange thing happened last winter when I was teaching H.G. Wells’ 1897 sci-fi novel “The War of the Worlds” to a class of college freshmen. All of a sudden, the story became … more

José Alaniz | 11/30/22