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It Happened in Longbranch

José Alaniz | 3/27/24

Excavation Ghosts

José Alaniz | 2/28/24

We Live Here: Madrona Goat

José Alaniz | 1/31/24

Traveling Through Space, Time and Life ‘On a Sunbeam’ by Tillie Walden

The scene took place last Spring. Four middle-aged male humanities professors were sitting together in a pub in Vancouver, BC, sipping beer, sharing their impressions of a just-concluded conference. … more

José Alaniz | 12/27/23

We Live Here: Thanatopsis, or the Winter Dark is Good For This

José Alaniz | 12/27/23

All I Want for Christmas is Krampus

‘Tis the season — for all those Mariah Carey horror memes. Truth to tell, I’ve actually never minded the song; it’s fine. The horror comes from having it repeated ad … more

José Alaniz | 11/30/23

Lady Krampus

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José Alaniz | 11/30/23

Class, Despair and ‘The Maple Cutter’

Fellow KPers — get thee to YouTube and watch “The Maple Cutter,” a 2023 documentary by Daniel Hoffman and Lynn M. Thomas. more

José Alaniz | 11/2/23

Post Equinox

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José Alaniz | 11/2/23

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