Part 45: When Something’s Brewing
Photo: Haifsa Rafique via Unsplash I knew I needed to focus on myself but kept getting distracted. There was a boy, a musician. He performed an… Read More »Part 45: When Something’s Brewing
Photo: Haifsa Rafique via Unsplash I knew I needed to focus on myself but kept getting distracted. There was a boy, a musician. He performed an… Read More »Part 45: When Something’s Brewing
Photo Credit: Pineapple Supply “Sometimes you finally get around to hanging the art on the walls and then it’s time for you to leave,” said… Read More »Part 44: Dear Future Self
Healdsburg, California at dawn. 6/18/2016 It wasn’t until the balloon was three thousand feet in the air that I started to panic. Everything moving… Read More »Part 43: Floating Away
Photo: Carl Jones via Flickr & Creative Commons “The season is over. The last tour runs tonight. Although, it is supposed to rain.” She looked at… Read More »Part 42: Ms. Borealis
Photo: Rosan Harmans via Unsplash “You should marry him,” My grandmother said with emphasis on the word him. “Just pick someone already!” I could hear… Read More »Part 40: Tick Tock
Photo: Paula Porto via Unsplash Over Thanksgiving my best friend from childhood and her husband announced that they’re having a baby. They made the announcement with… Read More »Part 36: An Escape For Normal
Photo: By Greg Rakozy via Unsplash It was December and the first time visiting San Francisco in years. I was flown out for a job interview… Read More »Part 35: A Liminal State
photo: keys by Hoder Slanger Bill Withers — Let It Be (opens an in-browser Spotify link) Everything I could think of was in flux, and I had to… Read More »Part 24: Let It Be.
My therapist predicted I’d date three guys at once. He said that I’d stay out late and fall out of cabs. “It’s a natural reaction… Read More »Part 22: Dating, In The City That Never Sleeps.
Photo by Jay Wennington, courtesy of Unsplash. I received news that my job was about to end due to a “fiscal exit” from the big… Read More »Part 15: New Job, Same City
The flight was bumpy as a massive drencher pummeled the west coast. I landed at John Wayne for the first time ever, a small airport… Read More »Part 14: Nearly Home
Approximately one year ago today, we drove across a bridge. His Dad and Uncle arrived from New Jersey in a truck, into which we loaded… Read More »Part 13: We Live Here Now.
You think you can. I mean, in theory, if you can conceive of something it can be done and relatively easily enough at that. Right?… Read More »Part 12: Twenty Takes And The Pursuit Of Great
For my friends in LA. You know who you are. Like most stories that take place in Los Angeles, this one begins on wheels. The… Read More »Part 11: Ready To Start
My nose is a little raw and red in one particular patch on the side. Kind of a deep crimson – not in the common… Read More »Part 10: Wild Ghosts
Contrary to popular opinion there are actual seasons in Los Angeles. They simply differ than other parts of the world where a stronger emphasis is… Read More »Part 8: Summer In The City
Photo Credit: Thomas BRAULT via Unsplash Until today, I didn’t speak to anyone from there for 6 months. Aside from my sister, who technically doesn’t… Read More »Part 7: Six Months of Silence