• Standing Slightly Outside the Frame

    On identity and the quiet value of distance By the time people started asking where the work would land, I already knew I didn’t want the answer to shape it. That question has a way of arriving early,...

  • Getting Better By Doing Less

    On restraint, recovery, and the discipline of stepping back ​While I was getting over a minor illness, I noticed something I wasn’t really supposed to say out loud. Everyone around me was “fine.”...

  • The Orphan's Club

    Members Only, Open To All…Eventually ​When my mother died, I’d like to believe that her passing enabled a reunion with my father who died a little under seven years prior to that. While still digesting...

  • The Perfect Death

    Planning the last minute of your life ​If you put aside everything leading up to the final moment of a loved one, what would you want their final moment to be? It’s tough to say because as a loved...