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Thankfully, we came through Hurricane Helene unscathed, but our friends’ and neighbors’ recovery from the unimaginable devastation in our North Carolina homeland is only beginning.

Before I publish the 57th episode in this series, Beth and I are once again set to experience Saint John in person. It is very safe to say we are eagerly anticipating our visit to a new (to us) East End accommodation, during August’s second week.

The truth is this: The moment contained in this Rare Air episode took place a little under five years ago. I have to remind myself of this, due to it feeling, in many ways, like it was a different lifetime.

Counter Arts Magazine is the (Counter)Cultural One-Stop for Nonfiction on Medium, incorporating Art, Culture, Equality, Photography, Film, Mental Health, Music, and Literature.

Bristol Noir is a not-for-profit indie publisher of curiously dark fiction, poetry and dirty realism, founded by Bristol-based author, designer and artist John Bowie.

Honoring our mom’s teachings, the realm of astrology continues to intrigue me. As a boy, I can clearly remember her reading out my horoscope, and hanging onto her words as she intimated my fortune. In those moments, another layer of existence appeared to my attention span.