Tuesday Night in Omiš
We venture downtown eventually
to eat hake caught fresh that afternoon
and a pastry the waiter recommends.
We venture downtown eventually
to eat hake caught fresh that afternoon
and a pastry the waiter recommends.
Our ultimate goal, Wedge Mountain, has an elevation of 9,488 feet and is the high point of Garibaldi Provincial Park.
I gain a quiet confidence because I know our advances and our pains belong to each other.
My earliest intelligible communication was holding my stomach and saying “ow.”
The camera hides nerves, and each friendly contestant really knows their podium space is fought for and fleeting.
How many “insightful” comments about politics or social issues have I made that are really just regurgitations of something I forgot I read somewhere else?
I imagine becoming part of the story the
excitement and the honor is
overwhelming it fills me to the brim
Today, the contest is known widely for its glorious campiness.
But for me—a Wisconsin sports fan all too familiar with gut-wrenching disappointment—it’s difficult to fully lean into the excitement without the nagging feeling that heartbreak is on the horizon.
Racist behavior has ramped up around the continent in the form of chants, banana skins thrown on the pitch, and racist banners.