2 days agoMember-onlyHow to Create an Amazon Book Cover Using Canva[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I’m roughly 80 percent done with a book of poems that I plan to publish using Amazon. The last time I did this was about three years ago, and my book garnered me a few thousand dollars. I’ve stopped trying to…Self Publishing4 min readSelf Publishing4 min read
Sep 11Member-onlyKeeping the Promises You Make to Yourself[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] “Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes Today I’m writing about confidence, the polar opposite of desperation and wise older sibling to cockiness. If you close your eyes right now…Confidence4 min readConfidence4 min read
Sep 4Member-onlyDear Diary, WTF is Happening[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Dear Diary, There is nothing I want more than to be left alone. Of course, that isn’t true. People need people and blah blah blah. What people don’t need though, is to hear other people talk all day, or to hear…Funny4 min readFunny4 min read
Aug 28Member-onlyListening to Stuff When Running[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] When I first started running, there was no such thing as a Bluetooth headphone. iPods and MP3 players had only recently hit the market, and I had a small black MP3 from Walmart, the size of a pink Paper Mate eraser…Running4 min readRunning4 min read
Aug 21Member-onlyTamalpa Headlands 50K Recap[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] My first and favorite boss told me not to make a living doing what I most love, because I’d eventually resent it. “Make a career out of what you love second best,” she told me, “so that your biggest passion is…Running4 min readRunning4 min read
Aug 7Member-onlySmall Things & Curing Unhappiness[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Yesterday, I bought a tiny cactus from Trader Joe’s. It wasn’t just any tiny cactus though. It was a tiny cactus in a tiny pot in a tiny, orange, cat-shaped pot holder. My friend bought one the day before and sent…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Jul 30Member-onlyBaseball, America, & Making Compromises[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] “We never do things I want to do,” Mike said the other day. He isn’t entirely wrong, but that also doesn’t make him right, primarily because he has never once said “I would like to do this that or the other…Relationships4 min readRelationships4 min read
Jul 24Member-onlyDevil’s Gulch Recap[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] There’s this saying people float around when confronted with an occurrence that they don’t quite know how to respond to, and it goes something like, “there’s a first time for everything.” There’s actually not a first time for everything, though. There…Running6 min readRunning6 min read
Jul 14Member-onlyTapering for a 100 Race[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I read a lukewarm article about tapering and the “taper tantrums” from UltraSignup the other day (read it here, or don’t). It was weird because the bulk of the article was an interview with a guy who struggled so heavily with…Running4 min readRunning4 min read
Jul 9Member-onlyDear Diary Series: You Are Nobody[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Dear Diary, I had a weird dream last night. It involved a work trip, a big client meeting, a possible sexual assault case, and trying to find justice in an unjust world. There was a large, older man who kept groping…Storyteller4 min readStoryteller4 min read
