There's this video that's been in my "watch later" queue on YouTube for... I don't even know how lon...
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It's summer here in New England, which means longer days and (hopefully) more leisure.
That hollow, echoey, slapping noise sounded very much like a bone breaking.
Avoiding grief only makes things worse.
We took an excel class in sixth grade and I had no idea it'd be such a big part of my adult life.
Today was a build day for me.
Ever catch yourself after saying something and think "Wait; who was that? Did... did I just... is th...
In less than a second, all the confidence I had vanished.
I'm not convinced that my default level of self-awareness is a good thing. I get in my own head a lo...
I recently read a quick, update-style piece from Maggie Rogers and it got me thinking about accessib...
“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with th...
I will not absorb the responsibility of regulating other people on their behalf.
We were the last house before the cul de sac and our yard was part of its perimeter.
Ok, interesting...
"If you could've been born with elite-level proficiency in one skill, what would you have wanted it ...
On any given day, I’m caught somewhere between wanting to take a trip with no return ticket and want...
Sometimes people articulate my own ideas much better than I'm able to.
Well, I'll be damned—they changed it.
With a huge exhale, I dare a glance at the timestamp.
One year ago today, after tearing apart and rebuilding one of my websites, I published a piece about...
Well that's... odd.
I'm blinking through a bleary fog that won't clear.
I grew up believing that I had to come up with a really, really great idea and then protect it like ...
This hill's 1,000 feet and I'm at the bottom of it, making my way back up after reaching the midway ...
My eyes are unfocused, staring out the window at... I don’t know what.
Ava woke me up this morning with an unassuming nudge. That's not the abnormal part, though.
I'm sitting by the back windows as the storm clouds roll in.
Aaaaaand we’re back!
"Yeah, I don't know... I try not to think about it."
When Isobel asked if I wanted to bike down to the water to watch the sunset, I hesitated. Doing some...
Sure, I'd been nervous... but this is happening.
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 5 — After seven years on the run, one very sweaty and disheveled man on a moun...
My eyes are closed but I can still see the sun.
We're heading back from the lake; walking through the woods in the dark.
I keep meaning to put some music on, but I've been wearing my headphones in silence for ages.
It's going better than expected.
Since I've been trying to be better about sharing the process instead of just the product, here's my...
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