”The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating” by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. This was a perfect quiet contemplative book. Also, snails are very cool. ”Orbital” by Samantha Harvey. She’s a Booker Prize winner, so I’m obviously not the only one who thought it was excellent. It could do us all some good to view our world… Continue reading Top Five Books of 2025
”But Then It Was Too Late”
We who see what is coming are not hysterical or irrational. We’ve seen this before, and the steps they are taking are eerily similar. So eery, it’s not a coincidence, it’s a plan. They are following a playbook. And the people who refuse to see it and do something about it, the ones who tell… Continue reading ”But Then It Was Too Late”
My Top Five Books of 2024
“It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People” by Dr. Ramani Durvasula. I don’t love a lot of self-help/self-improvement stuff. It’s mostly grifters and assholes – trust me, I knew a group of them for a while – but this one is on point. I placed a page flag every time I recognized something… Continue reading My Top Five Books of 2024
Form 8 – Ballade
Homesick In my chest I long for stately old trees.Ancient Doug firs enduring on the coast.Atlean boughs holding heaven’s furycloudbursts, showers, pouring drops—tempests hostssteadfast, vigilant, enduring guidepostsfaithful watchers, reposing sentinels.I would sit underneath content, engrossed.My distance from you is lamentable. A few are standing after centuries.Others taken—sawed, hacked, cutdown, and poached.Humans have perched high in… Continue reading Form 8 – Ballade
169+ Poems
I moved to Los Angeles just over six months ago, and I have been stuck since. This city is ugly, I have no friends here, I have a good job but it doesn’t fill my soul, and my usual passions are either currently out of reach or they feel stale. This project is an attempt… Continue reading 169+ Poems