I write from a comfy L-shaped couch in my sister-in-law’s house in Seattle. Summer still has the PNW clutched in its stuffy hands, but fall is peeking through the changing leaves and seasonal coffee drinks. After living multiple years in a landlocked state, it’s tantalizing to be close to the sea again and enjoy a […]
Continue readingWinter 2024: New Stages
I write from a friend’s sitting room where JT and I are dog-sitting. It’s comfortably strewn with Christmas decorations and toddler toys, and currently missing the massive pup who is romping around in the yard. JT and I got married eleven days ago. We were blessed by incredible love and care from family and friends […]
Continue readingFall 2024: A Full Season
(Written October 1st) I write from an airplane carrying me from LAX (Los Angeles) to ORD (Chicago). I’ll soon join my Midwest-based family for a whirlwind three days, a trip within a trip, before flying back to California to re-join my brother and then my fiancée for the second of two West Coast weddings, the […]
Continue readingSummer 2024: It’s Official
I write from a dog-sitting job for a friend here in Denver, enjoying a covered porch and a pleasantly cool day and the sound of birds discussing something arbitrary in the neighbor’s trees a distance away. Life marches on at an almost frantic pace sometimes and I’m finding it more and more difficult to keep […]
Continue readingWinter 2023: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
(Written December 28th, 2023) I write from the back of a packed Frontier flight carrying me from Midway Airport (Chicago) to Denver International. It’s early morning and I have a full Denver day ahead of me. I’ll see JT tonight and in two days will fly to Seattle to spend New Year’s with her sister […]
Continue readingA Memo On My Last Three Years
The last three years of my life have included a facet I never expected (or wanted, if God had felt like asking). It was terrifying then excruciating, daunting, mystifying, galvanizing, still terrifying, and has slowly and subtly given way to becoming one of the most significant parts of my life. I don’t anticipate that changing. […]
Continue readingSpring 2023: Whirlwinds with End Dates
I write from an impossibly beautiful deck looking over an impossibly beautiful backyard pool, distracted by an impossibly beautiful mountain sunset to my right. I’m in Colorado, about ten minutes from where I currently call home. I’ve been dog-sitting this weekend and enjoying a weekend-away-from-home with JT and three of the biggest dogs I’ve ever […]
Continue readingYear’s End 2022: Nesting for Winter
Hello all, Since I last wrote, there has been one snafu, one unexpected flight, one long road trip, and one newly occupied room in my recent history. I’ll detail them very briefly and catch you up to speed. The housing situation I thought I would move into upon arriving in Denver, Colorado at the end […]
Continue readingFall 2022: Back on the Road (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado)
I’m sitting in a sun-lit lounge car on a northbound Amtrak train. We passed through Vancouver, Washington, maybe thirty minutes ago. We’ve enjoyed a stunningly summery purveyance of the lands between Eugene, Oregon and (unless something crazy happens) Seattle, Washington where we’ll arrive in hopefully 2.5 hours. This morning I woke early and sat in […]
Continue readingFall 2022: An Oregon Spell
Hello all, I write while leaning on the “breakfast bar” (didn’t know that was a thing) in a gorgeous kitchen in Walterville, Oregon. I’ve been living in this house for almost three weeks, which seems simultaneously longer and shorter than my perception would suggest. Since I last wrote, I’ve traveled through five states. I spent […]
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