Photo Essay: Flowers & Japanese Tea Garden

For paid subscribers: Some photos from a quick adventure in the garden

The power of observation

Before acting

How I organized my system

Going into the weeds of my brain.

13th freelance-versary

Sharing the monthly highlights from my 13th year

The tone

A letter to paid subscribers about an interaction I had at Expo

The optics could’ve been better

The optics could’ve been better I used to be confused by the reference to “optics” in phrases. It felt like yet another circular logic corporate-speak word. But I get it now and the word kept popping in my head throughout Expo weekend. For many things, the optics could’ve

On momentum

Shedding, sustaining, and gaining—a letter for paid subscribers

Day jobs

Are they worth having?

How rituals ground us

(*me, how they grounded me)

Coffee moments in Taiwan

An essay of words & photos from my trip

🔎 In Focus: Brit Alexandria, Part 2

"I am not a monolith. I'm not telling you this is how you have to treat disabled baristas. We are all different. So accept that there are things that I won't know because I don't know everyone on your staff."

🔎 In Focus: Interview with barista, writer, and advocate Brit Alexandria

We talk about being a barista, coffee hot takes, endometriosis, and their creative writing practice.