terrible twos

Two weeks to spend together before I deployed to Iraq. Two weeks to spend together after my spouse returned from … More

a different view

Sometimes you have to find a new perspective. And sometimes that new perspective finds you. I took the kids to … More

It’s difficult to believe, even 4 months on, that somehow…against the odds…we’ve successfully relocated to Europe. To a gorgoeus mediterranean … More

Both writing and art have felt difficult to impossible lately. It feels like dreck. Like shit. Like vomit, when I … More

If you live in the PNW, and particularly in Washington State, you’re intimately familiar with ferries. Squat and heavy with … More

I am writing this sprawled sideways in an armchair, feet and legs draped over the side, hot coffee in a … More

what does it look like, this life I want to build? what are the steps to create it? am I … More

i’m here. i’m present. i’m present. i’m here. i’m here. i’m here. i’m here. i’m here. i’m here. i’m here. … More

I’ve been negligent in my writing these past few months. Partly because of depression. Partly because of fear of my … More

*graphic content ahead* As anybody who has ever held a chicken can tell you, unless you are holding them a … More