2024 came on the heels of 2023. Let me tell you something about 2023. It was fucking rough. I don’t remember it particularly well, but I remember how it felt. Like I'd been hit by a semi-truck. In May of 2023 I flew home from a business trip overseas and slept for three days. When … Continue reading the thing about 2024…
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Welcome to Portland…
This week, WordCamp US nestles into Portland, Oregon for the first time, so I thought I should take a moment to welcome all of you to Portland. Stumptown. Silicon Forest. Bridgetown. Rose City. Little Beruit. Rip City. Portlandia… Whatever you call it, Portland, Oregon is the big town I call home. Welcome. I’m so glad … Continue reading Welcome to Portland…
saying goodbye…
Would you rather listen to me read this? Click play... A few months ago I was putting together a playlist called Hallelujah. Predictably it was comprised of renditions of the song Hallelujah by different artists. At the time I was having a lot of powerful emotions and I had gotten stoned and listened to KD … Continue reading saying goodbye…
the diagnosis…
The past 18 months or so of my life have been a lot. Never mind any part that has anything to do with anything outside of my brain, body, and spirit. Reflecting on the me-ness of this past year and a half has been a lot. I think my childhood was about avoiding diagnosis and … Continue reading the diagnosis…
the fourth…
it was a long patriotic day of consuming movies and avoiding the heat. And now that I’m laying here typing from bed at a quarter til tomorrow listening to all the pops, crackles, and booms of neighborhood fireworks. Despite the fact that they’re not legal here. And we’re under a burn ban. And I’m cranky. … Continue reading the fourth…
sent outside…
an unlikely attempt…
It’s just after 9 pm on Monday. The first night of July. Which would obviously make this July 1. I’m sitting on the family room sectional having just filled out my little pink notebook for the day. “I’ve filled out the notebook for every day in July.” I joked. I’m very funny. That’s something you … Continue reading an unlikely attempt…
uniform for life…
When I was a teenager I totally identified as a goth. And it made sense. I was pale from hiding inside from the California sunshine, favored all-black clothes, and loved writing depressing poetry dripping with blood and tears. But the truth is, as I sit here evaluating all the little quirks and blips on my … Continue reading uniform for life…
whatevery-seven
It’s 12:57 am on Friday, March 8, 2024, and I’m sitting in bed. My partner is snoozing softly next to me. Our old cat is snore-purring at the foot of the bed. The stoic face of Keanu Reeves as Neo in The Matrix is on the TV screen. He’s just learned Kung Fu. Ordinarily, I … Continue reading whatevery-seven
strive for twice and sometimes settle for once…
It’s 1:32 in the afternoon and I’m sitting on my family room sectional. Spike is curled contentedly in my lap. A fly that was just buzzing around my head sits perched in a sunbeam on the back of the sectional. It’s twiddling its front two legs. If only I understood the fly sign language. I'm … Continue reading strive for twice and sometimes settle for once…
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