Don’t forget, we’re all counting on you.
May
14
🛰️ You Don’t Need Any Toys.
“I don’t even know why I even buy you any toys, you don’t need ’em,” my dad said, watching me turn a coaster into a spaceship, fly…
Dumb Reflections
Jan
29
Bootleg Golden Books, My Small PEZ Addiction & A Tiny Rant About AI “Art.”
These are my daughter’s bath toys. Their names, according to her, from left to right: Bacca, Yanta, Baba, Papa, Dadaluaaa, Buddy.
I had posted this picture on my…
Dec
07
Two Davids & My Dad’s Bootleg VHS Collection
I’m working on an essay that is a bit of a love letter to a friend-of-a-friend and my firstborn at the same time. I know all the things…
Sep
18
“Anyway, Here’s Modest Mouse”
It’s okay, you don't have to watch the video. Really.
It features a 24 year old me (please don’t do the math, just rest-assured I…
Dec
24
You won't fail.
🍊 Sometimes, you’ll feel like you’re the last of the winter fruit, just barely holding on. Not wanting to drop. Beat up, bruised, shriveling and defiant. Gravity, the…
Nov
17
Wet Knees
🍄 Low to the ground, knees wet through my jeans from the damp forest floor, I can’t believe they’re real.
I mean, look at them.
Fifty or so…
Oct
02
As much as I'd like.
🏕 I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like.
The only things I’ve been writing lately are small stories of love and the future, told into…
Jul
09
Never Lost.
🌲 You and I are never lost in the woods.
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We might not remember exactly which direction we came from, or the best way to head next, but we'…
Jun
26
Waves crashing.
🌊 Waves crashing, so much change.
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It's one of those days where I have so much I want to say, words I have bouncing in my head, but…
Apr
02
It's me.
🧔🏻 Hey. It’s me.
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I think this camera makes me beard look whiter than it is. I’m no 🧙🏻♂️, not yet.
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I’m drinking a beer (a Bud Light,…