Daniel Talamantes

Every culture has right-of-passage rituals. The Amazonean Satere-Mawe tribe requires young boys to wear gloves filled with bullet ants. In Indonesia, there’s a Balinese-Hindu ceremony that involves the filing of the upper canine teeth so their points become blunted. There are innumerable rituals … Continue Reading

“Everything you do now, makes a difference later,” David instructs me, looking down the barrel of another Bud Light. I walk Paloma into the yard. Her warm cheek presses against my knuckles. I pat her neck. David pops open another can and stands akimbo, watching over the ranch. I feel a connection … Continue Reading