Bounced around from PDX > Edgefield/Wonderland Book Awards > PDX > Oregon coast with friends this past week. Click to view/scroll gallery
Dunes Day!
I like to fixate on things. Specifically music. I connect to an artist and then can't get enough. The L.S. Dunes album dropped today, so that's where i'll be https://open.spotify.com/album/40py8Fn35TC6GnszSKccjZ?si=A5ZPsZDnT366kZWKAQYLGw Everything abt this interview is beautiful. I think there is a lot to be said for coming together with the right people at the right... Continue Reading →
remembrance
It doesn't feel right to not acknowledge, to write something. Didn't you write a whole book about your grief? Yes, I did. But it will never be enough. I'll never write enough words to purge the amount of grief that lives inside me. It's regenerative. Every year I try to think of some way, some... Continue Reading →
craft post: pin mat
For years now have been wearing jean jackets over everything like a style-security blanket. Pulls the look together, hides my untoned arms, and sometimes adds pockets to an outfit where there previously were none. I also have as small pin/button collection that is only about to get worse bc i ordered a button maker and... Continue Reading →
down in the weeds, where the crowd lifts you up
For all my visits to the Edgefield, all the time I’ve spent wandering the grounds, I’d never been to the amphitheater or seen a show there. So much work clearly goes into putting on a summer concert series here. It’s treated like a music festival, but for just a couple bands. June 18th we saw... Continue Reading →
New story: ‘Mugshot’
I've got a new short piece up at EntropyMag.org called 'Mugshot.' I still try to make words, even though I'm tired all the time. Things are happening. I've got a couple things coming together, but while we're waiting for that to simmer check out the new story I put out by clicking here
Are You Still Writing?
This has come up a lot lately, especially at AWP, and the answer is: Yes. of course. Am I actively publishing/being published? Not as much, no. But I’m building things back up. This past year has been wild. The last couple. All 33 of them, really. I was a server for 15 years. I couldn’t... Continue Reading →
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