I was born and raised in the fundamentally democratic San Francisco Bay Area. I’m unabashedly and unapologetically a Californian: I believe in--and work to support--open cultures, diversity, equity, non-violence, transparency, and accuracy of i

sea ranch :: you know (2019)

Dec 15th, 2021 2m 51s

You know that imagination is as important as rationality, and you know that your imagination died decades ago.You know that emotions are at least half as important as breathing, and you know you do not have access to or facility with half of wh

different :: 2020

Dec 15th, 2021 4m 49s

southern oregon :: adapting :: 2017

Dec 14th, 2021 3m 53s

It's April 2017, and I'm beginning to dig out from under the 30-year storm damage that buried Bello, Sparkles, and me for months: the massive, drought-impacted, snow-covered tree that fell on our new house, putting a hole in the roof that would

southern oregon :: a rural :: 2016

Dec 13th, 2021 1m 49s

The gold went first. That warm light. It took months to recognize it for what it was. Surprisingly, the sudden shift to cold LED white isn’t really evident to the eye. Seeing is in the reflection, though; off the slant, if you will. Thousands o

sea ranch :: internal summary :: september 2019

Dec 13th, 2021 3m 43s

I sit in the middle of the mess, in a world far away from what I now understand to be my own. I've finally set it all down, what I’ve been observing and noting and saving and carrying for three life-changing years. The volumes of notes, the tho

this version of the story :: fantasy

Dec 13th, 2021 1m 44s

In this version of the story, the woman cannot emerge from childhood. She lives in a fantasy world where she is loved and cared for, a world whose boundaries hold off her actual life of words as weapons and arguing and judgement. The trauma in

sea ranch :: pink :: january 2020

Dec 13th, 2021 5m 33s

She wakes, the top of her head like ice. She feels around near her pillow, her arm’s skin revolting against the cold with an army of goosebumps. Goddammit, where’s the fucking hat? A little grumpy this morning. Sparkles woke her—twice--way too

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