Like you, over the last year, I have learned to live with a lot less. This less has actually become more given the reblossoming of dormant creativity and shock-testing of my ability to build a structure from chaos.
February 10, 2021
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I am unsure if the recent Wolf Moon, global pandemic, social and political unrest, or winter blues have got my internal compass spinning, but I cannot point my arrow in any specific direction for the life of me.
February 3, 2021
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Hankering for in-person connection, I took the scenic route over the weekend and met up with my friends, who live not too far outside of San Antonio.
January 27, 2021
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I am a proud American who has inhabited both sides of the political coin. Raised in Eastern Washington "AgCountry," I cut my teeth in the melting pot of the Big Apple.
January 20, 2021
As I laced up my snow boots and bundled up in my knee-length puffer coat, I felt the residual weight from the shocking events of January 6, 2021, lift.
January 13, 2021
As we hang up our human-created paper calendar, we are also in a position to reframe how we choose to show up in conversation with one another.
January 6, 2021
To move forward, we must first look back.
Remember this time last year?
What were you looking forward to as we approached a new decade?
December 30, 2020
Do you know that feeling when you meet someone and walk away from the conversation knowing that your paths crossed not by chance, but instead, by fate?
Last week, fate intervened and blessed me with one such occasion.
December 23, 2020
I composed my first song at the age of 13.
While I could not write music, I could hear a symphony in my head. So, I put a pencil to paper and wrote words to fit the cacophony vibrating around in my noggin.
December 16, 2020
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Ahhh. The velvet hands of exclusivity.
The satisfaction of belonging, being seen and heard.
You know, that feeling when you go to your neighborhood coffee shop and receive a welcoming "hello [insert your name here]!”
December 9, 2020
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Phew. We made it.
Thanksgiving 2020 reminds me a lot of 2012 when I thankfully lost a bruising Northern California City Council race.
Doubt lurked around every corner of my life.
December 2, 2020
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In 2009, my immediate family and I spent three all-consuming days taking in the sights, sounds, and sins of Sin City.
While all of this was rousing, the most epic part took place 14,000 feet in the air just outside of the Las Vegas city limits.
November 25, 2020
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I have always been a calculated risk taker.
Switch backing over the course of the last three decades from my home state of Washington to New York, California, and now Austin, TX, I strategize how to get to where I am going and then I go.
November 11, 2020
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Halloween is my favorite time of the year.
With full disclosure, my adoration is twofold: 1) I am an October baby, and 2) the tenth-month signals 31 days of black and orange-themed festivities.
November 4, 2020
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At War.
Lately, everyday feels like a battle.
A fight for our livelihood.
A struggle to be heard.
October 30, 2020
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