R.C. Blenis
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R.C. Blenis
@hillbillypilgrim.bsky.social
Nurse Educator | Wilderness Medicine Fellow | Writer

Witness to the weird, wild, and wonderful.
Sabbe sattā dukkhā muccantu.

MSN, RN, FAWM | Emory & GT Alum.
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A woman on a subway platform picks her scalp until it bleeds. Everyone steps back. Then her phone rings, and in thirty seconds, everything we thought we knew about her changes.

Check out my essay in West Trade Review exploring language, perception, and mental health.
We’re excited to present the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Nathan Erwin, @ritamookerjee.bsky.social, @ewenglass.bsky.social, and @andhow.bsky.social among others; fiction by Janine A. Willis; CNF by @hillbillypilgrim.bsky.social

Read it here:
West Trade Review Online Exclusives Winter 2025
West Trade Review: Fearless. Crafted. Authentically Human.
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A woman on a subway platform picks her scalp until it bleeds. Everyone steps back. Then her phone rings, and in thirty seconds, everything we thought we knew about her changes.

Check out my essay in West Trade Review exploring language, perception, and mental health.
We’re excited to present the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Nathan Erwin, @ritamookerjee.bsky.social, @ewenglass.bsky.social, and @andhow.bsky.social among others; fiction by Janine A. Willis; CNF by @hillbillypilgrim.bsky.social

Read it here:
West Trade Review Online Exclusives Winter 2025
West Trade Review: Fearless. Crafted. Authentically Human.
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
the boat tilts
water finds
another seam

#photography #haiku #sunset #mississippi
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The mountain proposes nothing but itself,
each hour argues otherwise.

The valley holds its breath between
the fact that will not speak and speech about it.

#switzerland #photography #poetrysky
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The glacier flows. The path climbs. Which is pilgrimage?

#photography #poetrycommunity #momentofzen
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Prescribed path. Chosen trajectory.
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Barred owl, autumn branches.
Contained, not captured.
Freedom is functional repertoire.
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just got word: my first poem has been accepted by American Journal of Nursing. Grateful to share words from the bedside in a new way.
#healthcare #narrative.
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM