The Sun Setting Where It Always Does

On the 38 acres in Banks, Oregon, where I grew up, there was a big open field a short walk…

Spanish Lessons

After nearly a month in France, we arrive in San Sebastian, in Basque Country, Spain. The official language here is…

Oregon State University, 2003 The worst grade I ever received, in 16 years of schooling, was a C- in French…

(A poem from Paris) All I want is a little window to watch the world go by. Is it so…

I drew this a couple months after we moved to Nashville. It was a random doodle made while messing around…

As a birthday gift to myself this year, I got in my car and drove to the beach. I used…

I’m holding my hands above my head in the x-ray machine at the Nashville airport when I hear a phrase…

When Nick and I lived in Hawaii for a semester in college, the most popular song on the radio was…

Astronaut is the career I’ve always kept in my back pocket. As in, “Well, if this writing thing doesn’t work…

A few years ago, Nick and I visited Nashville for the first time, for a long weekend. On Sunday night,…