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Every Day I Have to Cry Some: Reflections on Te...

Last weekend I was at a wedding making conversation with some people I had just met. I had had a glass of wine and some food at this point, and...

Every Day I Have to Cry Some: Reflections on Te...

Last weekend I was at a wedding making conversation with some people I had just met. I had had a glass of wine and some food at this point, and...

2023: my year in books

This year was a record for me in terms of reading. I read more than any year since I started recording my yearly reading in 2014. This is due in...

2023: my year in books

This year was a record for me in terms of reading. I read more than any year since I started recording my yearly reading in 2014. This is due in...

Apt. 2: 17 Years and 9 Apartments in Portland

The summer of 2007 I returned to Portland with $1,000 in cash and the promise of a room in a house for $290 a month. I had just spent four...

Apt. 2: 17 Years and 9 Apartments in Portland

The summer of 2007 I returned to Portland with $1,000 in cash and the promise of a room in a house for $290 a month. I had just spent four...

Apt. 1: 17 Years and 9 Apartments in Portland

I moved into the Taylor Place apartment complex, site unseen, as summer was winding down in September of 2005. My friend Caitlin, her dad, me, and a family friend named...

Apt. 1: 17 Years and 9 Apartments in Portland

I moved into the Taylor Place apartment complex, site unseen, as summer was winding down in September of 2005. My friend Caitlin, her dad, me, and a family friend named...

L’Abri

When I was 23 years old, I packed up my things and moved from my beige-carpeted, dirt cheap Southeast Portland apartment to an ornate 18th century chalet in the Swiss...

L’Abri

When I was 23 years old, I packed up my things and moved from my beige-carpeted, dirt cheap Southeast Portland apartment to an ornate 18th century chalet in the Swiss...

Why I Stopped Trying to Have a Career

In September of 2021 I arrived at the Oregon State University campus on a sunny day at the end of the first week of classes.  I was there to meet...

Why I Stopped Trying to Have a Career

In September of 2021 I arrived at the Oregon State University campus on a sunny day at the end of the first week of classes.  I was there to meet...