1 day agoMother’s Day Poem[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] This post is arriving a day late and a dollar short, which is both a common idiom and 2014 movie staring Whoopie Goldberg that I have barely heard of and never watched. …Mothers Day4 min read
5 days agoAdults Who Sleep With Teddy Bears[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I sleep with a bear-duck; a dead-eyed teddy bear dressed in a kitschy duck suit. I found it on sale at Aldi after Easter one year, in a huge bin of other bear-ducks, plus some bear-rabbits, and even a few bear-flowers…Sleeping4 min read
May 9Creativity & Anxiety[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] People have swung around the idea for a long time that art is a privilege; that rich kids have a sort of leg up in the world of creativity because they don’t have to worry about living. Their needs are met…Creativity4 min read
May 5The Guy Who Told Me I’m An Outdoor Cat[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I once went on a date with a man who diagnosed my eccentricities succinctly, “You’re an outdoor cat,” he said. We were on a hike, walking side by side down a thin trail I used to run almost daily until I…Relationships Love Dating5 min read
May 1One Secret to a Healthy Relationship[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Apologies for the click-bait title, but I’m happy you’re here. I’m in no way a relationship expert. I’m not really an expert in anything, not even writing, which is the thing I studied only because it was the thing that felt…Relationships Love Dating4 min read
Apr 28Self-Control & Ignorance & Driverless Cars[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I like a car with an actual key. Not one of those computerized trinkets that needs to be coded and hardwired and that might just die on you at any second. Call me old fashioned (which happens to be my favorite…Cars4 min read
Apr 24Finding Community & Being Known[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I grew up in a small town of about 1,200 people in rural Northwestern Wisconsin. There are no stoplights or shopping centers; no freeways or light pollution. …Community4 min read
Apr 21What Kind of Pain Are You Willing To Endure?[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I really hate writing sometimes. Not because I write bad things (I do), or because I write unimportant things (I do that, too), but because writing is really fucking hard sometimes. I’ve been writing a long time, which means absolutely nothing…Happiness4 min read
Apr 17Anxious Dreaming[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I’m on a tiny fishing boat, far from shore. So far that I can’t even see the shore, so who’s to say it’s there at all? I have half a liter of water and a small can of worms, which I’m…Dreams5 min read
Apr 14Food is Fuel (and it’s not)[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] If you’re a person who’s halfway concerned with health or fitness, you’ve likely heard the phrase “food is fuel.” Maybe you’ve seen in on a magazine or plastered cheaply to the dingy wall of your local LA. Fitness. You may have…Food4 min read
