A brief time with a young woman in Anchiskhati, Georgia's second oldest basilica, and Tbilisi's oldest.

Getting closer, this episode is another beginning, and an ending, and a beginning. So...you know...a cycle, one that's also coming and going. There are roads, signs, and first, second, and third steps. Plus, some Romans.

This first episode of the White Teeth Showing, Out Loud debuts a new memorial poem about New Mexico mountains, and sets the stage for the next two years of stories--quietly told--of the Caucasus and their mountains. Out Loud is a companion project to WhiteTeethShowing.com, a chronicle of the Caucasus (mostly Georgia).…