May 31st, 2025 I’ve been wondering why life has felt so chaotic and fast lately and then realized I wasn’t writing much of it down. Not here. I haven’t been processing correctly. Instead of developing my memories and experiences in a quiet darkroom, investigating their details and exploring their mysteries as they slowly materialize, I’veContinue reading “Darkroom”
Tag Archives: Adulthood
This Is 40
May 1st, 2025 It’s my birthday today. I love my birthday. I’m awful like that. I also believe that you should cherish celebrating each one, because there will come a point in time when you cannot. That’s dark, but it’s my birthday. So let’s face facts: I’m supposed to be dead. I did all theContinue reading “This Is 40”
Real Talk: Autism
April 16th, 2025 There is a lot going on in the world, and it’s difficult for me to pick up a single thread and follow it through in a meaningful way, especially when the people in charge insist on tangling every wire we own. I’m not about to start targeting every person on my feedContinue reading “Real Talk: Autism”
Four Years / Natural
October 16th, 2024 If you feel a little lonely, you’re not alone in that, and it’s natural to feel. My mom made sure I knew that. She’s been gone four years today. My dad got married last weekend. It was a beautiful day. I was the minister of their wedding. I got a lot ofContinue reading “Four Years / Natural”
Take a look, it’s in a book
October 14th, 2024 “Are you a reader?” I asked her. I always ask when people approach my table now. “Yes?” the woman said, her face distorted. I asked why it sounded like there was a question mark at the end of her answer. She said she was startled by the question. Doesn’t everyone like toContinue reading “Take a look, it’s in a book”
School Update: October ’24
October 2nd, 2024 I can’t believe it, but I’m already six weeks into being back at school at DCTC. People keep asking me how it’s going so let’s talk about it! • I joined a club! I went to my first Creative Arts & Writing Club meeting today… and I walked out of the meetingContinue reading “School Update: October ’24”
telescope
September 16th, 2024 Some days you look into a telescope and all you can see is the immense, infinite universe, nebula swirling like frosting and stars sparkling like sprinkles; other days all you can focus on is a black hole, consuming its corner of the cosmos. There are typical anniversaries when it comes to lossContinue reading “telescope”
Contagious Magic
September 4th, 2024 It’s easy to feel disenchanted. Like every trick has been revealed and every rabbit is dead in its hat. But what if the natural state of this world is magic? What if all it takes is patience and our attention to unlock it? I repeat this idea to myself as I tryContinue reading “Contagious Magic”
Back 2 School
August 12th, 2024 Twenty years ago, I tried to go to college. I failed. Kanye West wrote an album about it. I’ve done a lot with my life since then. Writer. Artist. Dad. Restaurant guy. Superhero. But never achieving a degree has both been a deterrent to realizing or advancing any kind of career, andContinue reading “Back 2 School”
Familiar, If Not Forgotten
July 25th, 2024 I just saw Deadpool & Wolverine and I need to talk about it, but not actually about it, and I promise (I PROMISE) no spoilers here (for real, I am very serious about this). No, I really want to talk about Carl Jung and change (the personal kind, not loose). When weContinue reading “Familiar, If Not Forgotten”
The Den 