Archive - refuse to give up my obsession

A little nostalgia

My first Christmas letter, kind of.

Dec 25, 2023

August 2023

Stories that are true

Fact-checking my family history in Boulder, Colorado — kind of.

Aug 27, 2023

July 2023

What I do these days with too much idle alone time, plus: The Enthusiast

Jul 23, 2023

January 2023

Return to a city

She is a disaster I will walk into the center of and then run away from for years to come, and this is the first leap.

Jan 15, 2023

June 2022

A tale of two madmen

The worst boyfriends ever made a lot of great music and a monstrous amount of money, but at what cost? Happy Pride!

Jun 10, 2022

April 2022

Imposter syndrome

You can fake it till you make it, but wouldn't you rather just call it like it is?

Apr 20, 2022

March 2022

The art of starting over; or, the return of the shameless enthusiast

I've never taken this much time off in my adult life. Here's some of what I've been up to.

Mar 27, 2022

December 2020

The great insignificance

Connection is elusive; interpersonal and community ethics are confounding; grief and fear and trauma take longer than anyone would like to suddenly…

Dec 31, 2020

November 2020

They just keep moving the line

A report from early-middle quar, if that's what time is now.

Nov 30, 2020

Start with the books propping up your laptop

Even harder than writing this past year has been reading, or reading for substance, the kind of voracious, immersive research or world-building I…

Nov 22, 2020

Back to blogging

A livejournal by any other name...

Nov 15, 2020

January 2020

Solid walls of sound

I decided to deep dive into Elton John’s discography because I knew it was still easier than going back to the beginning of George Michael's.

Jan 2, 2020

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