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Stick in the waters of Lake Bemidji
Night campfire
Gulls calling, wind
Snow: Squeak
Snow: Crunch
Sounds recorded by: Sarah Stauffer & Ashley Juenemann (Stick in the water & Snow), Nikki Mentges (Camp fire), Amber Gordon (Gulls).
Tagged: Amber Gordon,, Ashley Juenemann,, Sarah Stauffer,
Speaking Marks By Ethan Johnson My body is covered in unique markings that tell stories of where I’ve been. The back of my left leg yammers on about a young boy running through the woods near his house and not noticing the tangled barbed wire next to an old, rotting fence post. It could have been much worse—I escaped with a few scratches. My right forearm and wrist speak the tale of a kid whose dog hadn’t quite learned to play nice yet. Below my belly button, a long mark prattles on about a hernia surgery four years ago. My forehead sports a scar as well, screaming about a five-year-old boy taking a tumble down three cement steps, or so I’m told. On the…
Tagged: Ethan Johnson,, Sarah Stauffer,, Whitney Jackson,
Photos by: Jennifer Von Ohlen (pink), Sarah Stauffer (yellow), Ethan Johnson (white).
Tagged: Ethan Johnson,, Jennifer Von Ohlen,, Sarah Stauffer,
Scents of Time By Calissa Treat I On Tuesdays I wear Red. The thick scent of rum vanilla and oak wood swims around in a ruby, cubical bottle that has a plastic, golden bow wrapped around it with the word RED written across in black. I spritz it in my long, blonde hair and on my wrists. I spritz it across my mother, who is reclining in the gray hospital chair. I am careful about where I spray it, making sure not to let it float onto her IV. “Oh my, that is by far my favorite perfume,” my mom says, closing her eyes and inhaling deeply. “It takes away the burning smell of the chemo. Sometimes I swear it will eat me…
