Demanding a Future
My sense of identity is so defined by my past. I want to look to the future, but all I see there is a fight, a time of hiding the vulnerable from conf…
Creative Flow (Futility Revisited)
I’ve just written over 800 words of stream-of-consciousness prose, and it will never see the light of day, thank you very much. Many people are concer…
Breaking Perfectionism
Sometimes you’ve just got to look at an empty page without anything particular in mind. I chose not to offer up my attention to the debates last night…
Seeking a Home in the Midst of Collapse
Every night, I get up at least twice in the night to bring meals to my partner. He is too disabled now to get his own food from the kitchen. We have a…
My Patriotic Education
This happened last week, but I’m still thinking about it. The trick the president is trying to pull is outdoing himself constantly so each shock makes…
(Almost) Hopeless
Content Warning: This article discusses police brutality, internet censorship, and near-term human extinction. Not sure where to begin after a day li…
I'm not saying religion sucks, but it hurt me, okay
Disclaimer: this is not an attack on religion or religious people for being religious. It's just my thoughts about MY former faith and how I inter…
Therapeutic Creativity
Today to procrastinate on writing my daily blog post, I’m updating my page about the themes I’ll be covering in my memoir. People online have been ask…
Writing Doubts
Writing is a real fight. I've been at it for nearly five hours, and I'm starting again with nothing. The blog as a medium is one that I was i…