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22
Apr
The Last Six Days & the Chaos of Electoral Uncertainty

The Last Six Days & the Chaos of Electoral Uncertainty

Keeping it together has become harder than ever lately. I’ve struggled to function the way I need to — whether
4 min read
07
Apr
in a cartoon: Trump swings a golf club, but it's the globe he just hit, and it plunges over over a chart of falling stock prices and the word TARRIFIED

America is Over

Donald Trump has destroyed more accumulated wealth in the last five days than any human being in history. That is
4 min read
05
Apr
Of Moments: Lessons from Photography

Of Moments: Lessons from Photography

It’s the day before a massive rain front begins an assault on my stretch of the coast. It’s
2 min read
26
Mar
a photo from the waiting room in THE GOOD PLACE where it says "Welcome! Everything is fine."

Notes From Inside a Dumpster Fire

I don’t know how to begin a post like this, because how do you?* We’re in the most
8 min read
17
Mar
A foot plants on the ground as a person is a seen as just an orange blur of movement against a wall, only their foot is still/focused

Times Changing, and the Time Change

So, sometimes the most important thing we can do is focus on ourselves. In the last 10 days, I have
4 min read
10
Mar

Monday Madness: Economy Go Boom

Can you? Because I just can’t even. The news? Nope. Can’t even. Thinking? Pfft, as if. I can’
3 min read
05
Mar
The Most Powerful People in the World

The Most Powerful People in the World

When you think of who has the most power in society around you, to affect lives and change power dynamics,
3 min read
04
Mar
Resourcefulness is Resistance

Resourcefulness is Resistance

Step One: First We Plan In the past few days, the world order changed. For 80 years, we knew who
10 min read
23
Feb
photo of produce in a food market in Oaxaca, Mexico, all in plastic tubs and looking vibrant and so delicious

Freedom Fighting Starts in the Kitchen

My Sunday rituals are a heady swirl of self-preservation and laziness. I pad around the kitchen a lot, listen to
11 min read
18
Feb
Revolutions Start Like a Whisper

Revolutions Start Like a Whisper

There’s a shock and awe to the news lately that’s terrifying, and that’s by design. It’s
3 min read