May 12s p a c e s: overnight stayAnywhere, U.S.A. c.2010 It’s check-in time at the motel we’re stopping at for the night. Where are we going? Where have we been? We don’t recall. We only know that we’ve been riding in a car for hours and now it’s time to stop and rest, our bodies jangling from…Essay33 min read
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Dec 10, 2020s p a c e s: dry heatplace: infrared sauna time: c. 2016 Everybody ends up here eventually — naked and alone, inside a wooden box. Okay, maybe not specifically here, which is an infrared sauna at a spa in midtown Toronto. Seduced by promises and possibilities of a relaxing touch-free, people-less experience that might take the…Wellness16 min read
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