Author Archives: eportugal4
Colleen 1/9/2015 – Self-flagellation
9 January 2015 Dear Colleen, Beating yourself up, are you? Sure go ahead. As Elaina said, it’s not as though the world came to an end because you didn’t post a new letter today. But you can’t bloody stand it … Continue reading
Sigurd 1/6/2015 – Camp 14
Tuesday 06 January 2015 Sig, Move your elbow and you change the periphery of the universe. A high school English teacher named Gordon Wood told me that the year before I dropped out. Hmph—what a thought. A fragmentary remembrance that … Continue reading
Elaina 1/5/15 It’s Your Choice
1/5/15 My Dear Friend- You have the right to be unhappy. You have the right to hate. You have the right to wallow in your misery and wrap yourself in a cocoon of immobilization. Blame your job, your spouse, your … Continue reading
Guest: Heather Heyns 1/4/15 Treehouses
This week’s guest writer is Heather Heyns. Heather was born and raised in the deserts of Southern California. She refuses to own hamsters after the first one hung itself, and her next set ate each other in a Survivor style … Continue reading
Colleen 1/2/2015 – On the Threshold: An Editor’s Message to Our Readers
2 January 2015 It seems such an arbitrary thing, this idea of the birth of a new year in mid-winter, and indeed the reason why January 1st is our year’s opening day has been lost to the mists of time. … Continue reading
Elaina 1/1/2015 – The New Front Page
Welcome to 2015! 1/1/2015 “Be careful of your thoughts, for they become words. Be careful of your words, for they become actions. Be careful of your actions, for they become habits. Be careful of your habits, for they become your … Continue reading
Sigurd 12/30/2014 – The 9th Degree
Tuesday 30 December 2014 I have spent the day with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The chorus singing Ode to Joy has always moved me. It lightens my spirit. I like listening to powerful music. Beethoven or Led Zeppelin—it matters not. Listening … Continue reading
Elaina 12/29/2014 – The Value of Love
The Value of Love December 29, 2014 Dear Reader- Each of us took our turn ripping paper off presents. Scraps of colored happiness floated around the room while “oohs” and “aahs” rang out at each unveiling. Smiles lit up faces, … Continue reading
Colleen 12/27/2014 – Animal Print Woman
27 December 2014 She sat at the bar in her painted-on black and white animal print top, a “Reserved” card before her and a glass of red wine parked within reach. Her petite body curved in concert with the animal … Continue reading
Sigurd 12/23/14 -The War Within or Sleepless in Port Hueneme
The War Within or Sleepless in Port Hueneme Thy sea, O God, so great, My boat so small. It cannot be that any happy fate Will me befall ~Winfred Ernest Garrison Tuesday 23 December 2014 Here I sit, 4am, digging … Continue reading
One Year of Letters 