take it to the streets

I was in the neighborhood of my kid’s elementary school some weeks back with my preschooler, on a day that border patrol agents had released tear gas near another school a few neighborhoods away, and so I decided to do a few laps around the block. The kids were

we can't be together if we're dead

I wrote this reflection originally for IG stories and am recreating it here. People in Gaza are dying of hunger every day, and many many people are at the point of starvation that even if they get food, their only chance of surviving is with significant medical help to treat

Blind Field publication

Hi friends, I'm writing to share an essay I wrote that Blind Field published last week: All Good Trouble is Trouble. I wrote this over the last few months after a lot of thinking about what it takes to change and what it takes to act, including a

a re-introduction

This is a repost of an introduction I published on my substack in February. Now I'm migrating over here to ghost – if you were subscribed there before, you're subscribed here now. If you're new, welcome! I'm so glad to have you. I’

grief bigger than I am

(this was originally posted over on my substack in Feb 2025, but I'm migrating it over here) I’ve spent a lot of time lately trying to fathom unfathomable things, like wrapping my arms around the earthbound end of a redwood trunk. I know it can’t really