Dicen que cuando alguien está atrapado en arenas movedizas, cuanto más lucha para salir, más se hunde. En esta pequeña historia les contamos sobre un antiguo enfoque para no hundirse más y más en el…
“The storyteller’s claim, I believe, is that life has meaning—that the things that happen to people happen not just by accident like leaves being blown off a tree by the wind but that there is…
Do the Storm Troopers Evict the Squatters in Part 10 of The Squatters? It’s a round-up at Rick’s house. A security team is called in, everyone is taken by surprise leaving the squad wondering whose…
Helena is healing with a new sunny disposition, Rick is content. Rick wants to square things with Mr. Begay and Helena wants to get back to painting…but the Squatters are prowling the street. And they…
Sometimes things seem to spin out of control even when there looks like the possibility of progress. Helena preps for facial reconstruction, Rick buys his expensive rug and life looks like it’s going according to…
What do ancient meditation techniques and guessing a credit card pin number have in common? In part #7, the scale seems to tip towards Rick success, but as all we know, success might not last…
Rick can afford now to have Helena’s face repaired and to buy an expensive rug, two items that have potentially equal capacity for beauty. He’s unprepared for the Squatter’s next move.
Homoerotic activity was practiced in many ancient militaristic cultures, especially the Samurai. I helped to balance the exclusive effeminate maternal upbringing a boy knew before he was sent to military school. It substituted strong, life-saving…
Rick’s trouble with the squatters and an “out for himself” lawyer take him deeper in the destructive quid pro quo battle. He quickly learns that a dog bite can be more lucrative than a gun…
Lasik or Cochlear implants, people are now offered corrections to old disabilities. Some do not want to avail themselves of these new solutions. Grandmaster Yao Xin reveals how he reached his own decision, a valuable…
