Mae and Cliff

A childhood friend's North Country farm

Aug 9 • 

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July 2025

127 of my favorite photos; plus, taking a break

A summer project about bravery

Jul 24 • 

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June 2025

Solo travel is like being stood up on a date you didn't know you'd arranged

Dispatch from Quebec — Thoughts on solo travel and Quebec City

Jun 19 • 

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May 2025

Moving to Idaho

Picking up sticks for the Gem State (and other travels)

May 25 • 

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Corporate Cream Freedom

What kind of person does having a car make me? + Azaleas

May 5 • 

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March 2025

Cultivating knacks

Can an Excel wizard learn to garden?

Mar 30 • 

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GIVE ME SOME NOISE

Becoming a D.C. punk, Bible Translations, and more

Mar 1 • 

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February 2025

MFA applications, old photography, and a haiku about a willow tree

A good old-fashioned blog from a mid-February slump

Feb 14 • 

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January 2025

Bad magic, on the rise

The Secret Service stole my monkey's fist and opened Pandora's box

Jan 28 • 

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Hark the Herald AI Sings

How Spotify's feckless greed warns of the technopoly to come

Jan 14 • 

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December 2024

A montage of ideas and pain

Sporadic field notes from a pitiful year

Dec 26, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Confessions of Video Essay Addict

Video essays are my guilty pleasure. Maybe they should be yours, too. Maybe...

Nov 29, 2024 • 

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