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You, Again
I cut up a lot of old letters, some mine, some not, some sent, some given, and pieced together something resembling a letter to my younger self.
Jan 12
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Two Small Birds
Stay I did. Through the fall, and into the winter, and before we knew it, spring had come. Though we waited for Narcissus, he did not return.
Jan 8
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Aftertruths
What’s heavy for one person, lightens another.
Jan 1
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Held Fast
If it’s a choice to see people on their own terms, it’s an easy choice. So make it.
Dec 28, 2025
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Ground Effect
Do you know why it is that birds fly so close to the surface of the water? All kinds of things have witness marks. Maybe people, too. I guess that I am…
Dec 19, 2025
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The Blueprint
Mar 23, 2025
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Sometimes
Jan 13, 2025
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The Mattress Chronicles
Dec 8, 2024
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A Window Into
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About Face
It is only when you see the bend of the coastline that you turn around to face the wind, to face whatever it is that you needed to go to a beach to…
Dec 9, 2025
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Some Good Things
Thoughts on a few good things, including when pomegranates are perfectly blushed and ready for slicing. Now that is a good thing.
Dec 3, 2025
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Photographs, Of Another Kind
Slips and streams from a wonderful week in the bright, vivid blue of Baja California Sur.
Nov 23, 2025
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I Do Not Accept
On being selfish. Or maybe wise. I guess we'll never know.
Nov 19, 2025
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The Mattress Chronicles: Part Two
Taken from Suleika Jaouad's Book of Alchemy, an essay on sleep, or contentedness.
Nov 15, 2025
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A Shimmer
In the dark, I am vibrating, parts of me shimmering and settling. I am buoyed, letting a day that felt like a week slip away.
Nov 10, 2025
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Moment(s)um
“To be loved is to be seen." Much simpler to write about than to do. What happens when your moments collide with your momentum?
Nov 2, 2025
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A Gift
We do all the things our mothers used to, while the two of us were sleeping. Then we hear those soft, waddling footsteps, and she scoops him up so…
Oct 29, 2025
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Chores, A Collage Essay
Taken from Suleika Jaouad's Book of Alchemy, an essay on memory.
Oct 23, 2025
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