I’ve been using the word overwhelmed to describe my emotional experience throughout this COVID pandemic. Overwhelmed by its ominous presence; overwhelmed by its ease of contagion; overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of those infected. But…
It took me a couple weeks to come to the realization I had yesterday. I needed that time to comprehend everything that was and is happening throughout the world right now. During those days, I…
Last week, I went back to my hometown of Cincinnati to help my parents go through the basement of the house where I grew up; the house they have lived in for the past 47…
I wrote this in October of 2017 after Tache and I took our first trip together to Neah Bay, the furthest point of the PNW coastline. I'm posting it now because I recently went back…
We took a quick road trip to the coast this past weekend to escape the wind and rain of Port Townsend. As expected, our drive led to no change in climate. If anything, perhaps there…
How do you enjoy homemade pizza night when you've got one person who is a pescatarian (vegetarian and fish lover) while the other needs meat to feel as though life has a purpose?! Combine these…
If I want to slip into the saddest place my brain can take me, I don’t think of the day of Kenai’s death. I think of the day after. The day I opened my eyes…
When a town measures its size in traffic lights, it doesn’t matter how many there really are. One, two, three – it doesn’t matter – you know the town is small. My sister decided to…