Exodus

The next day’s ride back got a slow start but once we were on the road, we had good conversations.  I found it odd to be in a vehicle with people cas­u­ally talk­ing about ”Barlow” (John Perry) and his two naked 19-year-old nubile young things in his...

Burning Man, the aftermath

Monday was bump-out. A hard work day of taking down the dome and pack­ing up the tents, break­ing down the camp in gen­eral. It was also a day of rising tem­pers as camp­mates and free­load­ers didn’t pull their weight, as people’s lifts left without them,...

Burning Man, part 21

I wanted to be alone for this night, so after dinner I wandered out, plan­ning to hitch a ride with a passing art car. Parked out­side and wait­ing to go was the silver Sphinx. Serendip­it­ous. So I climbed aboard and met Mato, the beau­ti­ful man...

Burning Man, part 20

Back at the Vil­lage, I went to open my last Ready to Eat Meal from Trader Joe’s when Rosa Anna asked me whether I wanted to share dinner with them. I’d seen her pre­par­ing it earlier, an amaz­ing smelling ginger, garlic and cil­antro (cori­ander)...