I’ve been walking a lot, and I can’t believe I’ve never ventured to this riverfront trail. It was serene, like a long forgotten dream.
Strange Dreams
Fila-philia
It’s been a long time coming — I needed shoes. As an avid walker, I wear shoes out incredibly quickly, down to where I can feel every single pebble on the ground I stomp on because I grind the soles down to paper thinness before replacing them. Well, call this a belated birthday present or …
Culinary Disaster Artists
Sometimes I cook. Horribly. With my paychecks evaporated, crafty nonexistent, catering but a memory, Mik and I have resorted to cooking for ourselves. Remotely. And the best part is that we used Spam. By the way, we also have an audio version of our podcast, Smörgåsbord, up on Spotify | Geek Happy Network
Entropy
There is a little place called Finn Slough at the southern banks of Richmond that feels like the end of the world. I wandered there today to see its mystic atmosphere, like it might the home of a bayou witch doctor. Of course, a good witch doctor knows that Covid-19 is in the air. The …
On Minimalism II
Last year, I did some lighting for a photographer I had a serious style crush on. She is the opposite of me, her aesthetic is noticeably cohesive: muted, neat, serene, quiet. Whereas my aesthetic is all over the place: rich in color, varies in energy levels, chaotic. I know it’s a thing for people to …
The Season of Our Discontent
I’ve been walking a lot, and watching a lot. Our loneliness is showing. I try to stay as far away as possible. There are freckles on my face now as my legs carry me onto paths lit by the sun. I’ve been to these places before, but I’m seeing it differently. How nice the world …
The Distancing
I have, as many of us do, many tangled feelings of The Great Quarantining. Most people I know are brewing a sense of anxiety and agitation. They’re justifiably nervous, bored, uncertain, scared, panicky… a whole gamut of discomforts slowly simmering. I’ve never felt more calm. Of course, I have worries about my job (or lack …
Strange Times
These are weird times. Over the course of a week, things have snowballed so quickly that I haven’t completely understood it. And this is just the first wave. It was 9 days ago that I ventured out of my apartment at 2am to go to a Denny’s a few blocks away. I had a grand …
Into The Woods
It’s been rough. I don’t feel like going into it, but it’s been rough and I’m in the thick of it all. I keep wishing the turbulence can be over, but it keeps coming in waves. I hope you’re all well.
A Fall
You really can’t expect the unexpected. Although I guess on some level I expected it… I ate shit today. My feet kicked out from under me while I was crossing a street, I had stepped on a big ol’ smooth patch of ice gracefully donated by winter. As I was being grabbed backwards by gravity, …