Have you ever had a Greek woman cook for you? Heaven can be found in a ripe tomato in the right hands. Sitting at a worn and faded kitchen table with a cool breeze blowing through, pushing the fresh herbs slowly across the counter, she had me roughly chop onions…
Hipster. Hooligan. Writer. Wanderer.
Is It No Longer Enough to Fling Depressing Poetry Into the Void?
I learned many things in Covid-isolation. How to exercise without coughing up a lung. How to (poorly) play guitar. How quickly a vibrator can do the job. How to make stove-top caramel and beef jerky. I also learned one rather unfortunate thing about myself, however. I’m an asshole. Kinda. A…
A snapshot of the writing I did in a random week in 2020 included:
Website copy for City Council
12-slide Racial Equity plans for nonprofits
500-word blog post for museum
1200–word grant application for MPH Thrives community gardening
Policy Updates for Homeless Coalition
Revised Community Policing Agreement
500-word blog post…
Condemning After the Chaos Doesn’t Make a Difference
Well, we’re almost done with the year, and 2021 was almost as trifling as the previous year, small heartwarming moments notwithstanding. …
What good is a life like that?
Yoga is my hobby of the moment now. To clarify, I’ve watched a few yoga videos in the past two weeks. (I’m no master.) It’s mainly to help my back and neck pain and become slightly more flexible. I know people have said yoga helps with anxiety, but that’s a…
She Scrubbed Herself Off The Wall
Tying yourself to a person who stole all your heartstrings in ten seconds flat is a bad idea. Understatement of the year, of course, but true. Truth is not a loaded gun-loud promises of permanent peace. She’s not that messy. Once said, “I can’t stand the sight of blood unless…
Politics. Education. Medicine. Science. Art. Culture. Music. Meaning of Life. None of us (even the lovely Renaissance men and women) are experts on everything, yet in this age, we’ve been conditioned to think we have to have an opinion on everything that crosses our path. …
A Love Letter About The Universe
At the core of dust clouds, stars swirl before they are born. The clouds swing through our universe, and along the way, they find hardship and heat. Picking up mass and gaining speed, the clouds spin and break into two or three pieces before they pair off or split into…
It Takes A Village.
I’m constantly in awe of good parents. Do you know how much work it takes to be a good parent? Anyone with a working uterus can birth a child, and you can foster/adopt with the right criteria. But being a good parent? During a global pandemic? The balls on you…
Lived Through This
A year in the life
Let me tell you a story.
Scenario: You have a public school day job of three years that almost pays all your bills so you take on an extra job as an independent contractor to make ends meet. …
