Relax
{reading time: < 1 minute}Reflections on a week at sea. A week ago, I shipped my first of 30 daily essays as part of Ship30for30. I’ve had some fun, …
Elevation
{reading time: < 1 minute}Some of the most valuable skills I learned in college were outside the classroom. Through the summer and holidays, I worked as a porter at …
The Air
{reading time: < 1 minute}Dawn and I woke up in Wall, South Dakota this morning. Wall makes for a nice halfway point on our regular road trips from Colorado …
Heavy
{reading time: < 1 minute}The weight. 2020 was heavy. So heavy, it didn’t start until March and still lasted 16 months (and counting?) Is it over yet? I suppose …
On Principle
{reading time: < 1 minute}Cold turkey. My grandmother quit smoking in her seventies. Cold turkey. Not because smoking is gross. Not because her friends were dying. Not to eke …
Appreciation
{reading time: < 1 minute}There’s no skill to art appreciation. You like what you like. If you want to sound fancy, you can toss out words like trompe-l’œil, juxtaposition, …
BunBun
{reading time: < 1 minute}BunBun knows what you fear. BunBun eats fear. And craps confidence.
ShipShape
{reading time: < 1 minute}During the pandemic, I spent my personal creative time writing about cemeteries, and it’s high time I re-enter the world of the living. Pure dumb …