Pacific Northwest
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Pandemic Diary: March 20-31
March 20 At the coffee shop, I tend to yell “take care” as customers exit as…
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Pandemic Diary: March 13-19
March 13 Last night I drove down to my childhood home in Puyallup, where David and…
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Pandemic Diary: February 29-March 12
February 29 Matt and I went to dinner at his friends’ house so we could hammer…
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An Apology for My Day Job
I have been a barista for over two years. I’ve written a book and traveled a…
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Scene Beneath a Red Canoe
On a Friday afternoon last August, I received the last of three major invoices from my…
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The Morning I Meet My Book
It’s Friday, December 7… and this is the day the first copy of “Leave It All”…
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More Google Search History
I’m finishing up the edits on the draft of my book because I’m writing a book about…
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A Conversation I Heard on the Bus
I boarded the 40 around noon on Thursday and there weren’t many people on it, but…
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What I Actually Mean When I Talk About Running
Invariably, when I go on a run, I put on running clothes, sure and lace my…
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A Letter to My Grandmother
Today is April 5, 2018. On April 5, 2017, my grandma, my dad’s mother, died. On…
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48 Hours of Writer’s Block
It is seven o’clock on Sunday night and I have been on the couch since two…
