

All Boys Aren't Blue, Sex Positivity, & How to Discuss
A couple of weeks ago, Fisher and the rest of the 5th grade split rooms -- boys in one, girls in another -- and learned about puberty. He...


sameliness is next to godliness.
I’m worried about our ability to think critically and discuss tough things without falling into the shitter. For this reason, I want to...


Mondays: Cynicism is a foreign antibody.
Molecular Fatigue. I’ve been excessively tired for months – like, in bed by 8:30, tired. (Although, it’s currently10pm.. I’m writing from...


the inescapable reality of our absurd existence.
Seven out of the twelve paragraphs I wrote in my journal this morning (58%) debated whether or not journaling was a waste of paper....


I do not trust the internet with my child.
Fisher wants his own YouTube channel. For a while, he wanted it to be a Bey Blade channel. Then, Minecraft. Now, Nerf Guns. Until about a...


little bright dots like pearls
Yesterday was Fisher’s birthday. He is 11. I pulled out the old camcorder my parents gave his dad and I when Fisher was born. I pulled...


the tree doesn't care what you call it.
If I think too much on it, I get hung up on the weirdness of existing. Not just existing, but existing as a singular solid within a...


Mondays: Books & Death
I want to talk about books. But that means that first I have to talk about death. I have to tell you that I got really anxious about it...


Mondays: Catacombs
I had sinus surgery Friday. The discharge paperwork called it “septoplasty with bilateral submucouse resection inferior turbinate, and...


13-Lined Ground Squirrel Moon Energy & the Transcontinental Railroad
Photo: The Moon card from Kara Simons and Amy Putney Koenig's Prairie Majesty Oracle Deck. In a conversation three weeks ago between...