April 24th, 2026 My dog Marvel is a terrible walking partner. She takes forever. Marvel sees a tree. She approaches it and stops us completely, disrupting our walk. This forces me to take in my surroundings. I notice for the first time how blue the sky is today. Some geese fly overhead and land onContinue reading “Walk A Way”
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Dreaming of Denmark
April 22nd, 2026 I’ve been dreaming about Denmark. Years ago, I took a DNA test and it confirmed a lot of what I knew: Norwegian (what up lefse), German (natürluch), a little Irish (obvs), and British. But it also revealed that I had strong Danish genes, which is delightful to me: LEGO and I shareContinue reading “Dreaming of Denmark”
Matchy-Matchy (Eight Years)
December 9th, 2025 I know exactly how that raccoon feels. The shame and guilt and all that existential crisis garbage. But it’s been a minute. I’m eight years sober today. I know I’ve been missing lately from your social media diet. (The FDA no longer recommends me.) Like I mentioned in a previous post, theContinue reading “Matchy-Matchy (Eight Years)”
Guess Who’s Nine?!
August 1st, 2025 Somebody turned nine years old today and I’ll give you one guess. I’ve expressed my love for Marvel in countless ways over the years; she’s been there for me for a quarter of my life, and through some of my hardest times: getting sober, losing my job during the pandemic and thenContinue reading “Guess Who’s Nine?!”
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”
We Trained For This: Clarifying My Disappointment
April 19th, 2025 My book Theia is a proud part of a long lineage of literature that uses animals to speak truth about ourselves. Two of its biggest influences are two of my favorite books: Watership Down and Animal Farm. Due to the current state of our nation, I recently bought myself a new copyContinue reading “We Trained For This: Clarifying My Disappointment”
Mother Hand
March 31st, 2025 Earlier this year, I entered my first college writing contest as myself (after many years of writing college papers for other students anonymously). The results came in last night: my personal essay won first place! For my efforts, I receive a monetary prize, my work will be published by DCTC, I getContinue reading “Mother Hand”
Sleeping Dogs
March 24th, 2025 It’s no surprise I’m stressed out (because I live on this planet and this planet does not have its shit together whatsoever); I’m ambitious yet anxious, careful yet crazy, busy yet broke. I was walking past the bed and saw Marvel sleeping under the sun on our sheets, and I will neverContinue reading “Sleeping Dogs”
Flow Review
December 17th, 2024 As much as I like to participate in the popular culture conversation (and, boy, do I ever), I also like to highlight stuff that you would probably miss otherwise. Even though it’s been the talk of the animation world, collecting awards and getting nominated for a Golden Globe, most people I’ve talkedContinue reading “Flow Review”
Veggie Tale
November 12th, 2024 Do you want to hear something super annoying? I’ve been a vegetarian for a week. Am I going to try to convince you to join me? Heck no. Do I still want to talk about it? You bet. Here’s what happened. You all know I love animals. So dang much. I gotContinue reading “Veggie Tale”
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