18 Articles.

• What Macklemore Said, and What Followed

  A rapper performs at a stadium concert and makes a political statement. The response divides people sharply.

• Macklemore's stage speech and what follows

  A rapper's statements about Palestine at a stadium concert, and the responses they generated.

• I notice they haven't asked. I tell them anyway. I lay it ou...

  CASE ENTRY I notice they haven't asked. I tell them anyway. I lay it out, piece by piece, the whole architecture of the idea, waiting for something to catch. A…

• I stopped six weeks ago. Motivation, memory, the usual reaso...

  CASE ENTRY I stopped six weeks ago. Motivation, memory, the usual reasons that sound small until you notice how much of your day they'd been quietly running. Last night a…

• I've cut way back over the past year. Mostly avoiding the pl...

  CASE ENTRY I've cut way back over the past year. Mostly avoiding the places and the apps entirely. Last night a friend invited me somewhere that turned out to have…

• I told my partner right away. Handed over the bottle before...

  CASE ENTRY I told my partner right away. Handed over the bottle before I could talk myself out of it. It felt embarrassing, saying out loud that I couldn't be…

• Four months clean. I had stopped counting the days, which fe...

  CASE ENTRY Four months clean. I had stopped counting the days, which felt like proof of something. Then a deadline tightened around the week and I found myself standing outside…

• Eight months without a drink, and I thought that meant somet...

  CASE ENTRY Eight months without a drink, and I thought that meant something fixed. Then a room full of toasts and open bar and I found out it wasn't fixed…

• Someone I know finished a long stretch of training. On the d...

  CASE ENTRY Someone I know finished a long stretch of training. On the day it ended, a relative gave them everything they'd need to start on their own: space, tools,…

• We love THE THING because So much love and lovely people....

  We love THE THING because So much love and lovely people....

• I go to a gathering with people I know well, and one person...

  CASE ENTRY I go to a gathering with people I know well, and one person I have been talking to for weeks. I think I like him. It is meant…

• Enough

  A poem about the weight of settling, and what gets lost when we're told to be grateful for less.

• How to Be Cool

  A song about the quiet ache of wondering if you're doing it right, if you're enough as you are.

• What Remains

  A poem about grief held steady, without the need to soften or explain it away.

• The Space Between

  A poem about how something can serve a purpose, then simply stop being needed.

• Consciousness as Connection: What Bentov's Pendulum Teaches Us About Reality

  Exploring how seeing consciousness as a field rather than a machine changes how we observe life and relate to the world.

• Subject Zero

  Subject Zero He has hope

• When Life Gets Better, Addictions Lose Their Purpose

  How small discomforts and meaningful tasks can gradually dissolve addictive patterns without force or willpower.