Something I Never Needed To
Thirty-five years of managing what never needed managing.
Brothers, Sisters
What Held Us Together, a Gen X story
Steeper Gradients
What changes and what doesn't when illness sets the terms.
Oh, the Water
A creek where the noise first stopped.
And It Stoned Me
Content note: childhood abuse, early substance use.
I heard that song for the first time when I was six or
The Clearing
Some years the fog takes it. That year it didn't.
The Light on It
For over a week I didn't get off the floor. Yesterday the warnings were mostly gone. So I went to the creek.
The DR650
Some things you sell. Some things wait.
The Quiet Return
What recovery means when chronic illness stays, but your relationship to it transforms.