Why I Don’t Like My Birthday
I’m not really sure I need a reason.
A New Chapter
Change is difficult, even if it’s for the better.
A Letter from the Loneliest Species
We never see anything but the familiar.
Language Learning
There’s no better way to get to know people, to disarm prejudices, and to remove the barrier of “the other” than to learn a language.
DB Cooper and Unsolved Mysteries
Like all Northwesterners, I do have my own pet theory about the Cooper case.
Notes from the Road: Conversations That Exasperate My Wife
I don’t see what the big deal is.
Crap Wildlife Photography: A Fluff Piece
Crap Wildlife Photography is a great equalizer.
Join Something; Don’t Apologize
We need one another in order to be brave.
Holding the Metaphor Lightly
Metaphors are tools for meaning-making, and when those tools have harvested bushel after bushel of meaning for my life, of course I struggle to see them as incomplete, limiting, or dangerous.
Memory Lane
People said I glided across the water, but I felt more like I was floundering, barely able to get above the surface long enough to gasp for air.
