Note: the following went out to my newsletter subscribers, but I am posting it here. We’re being jolted awake, can you feel it? Between the pandemic keeping us physically apart from each other, forcing us to adapt and pivot our …
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Recalibration
The other night my ex called me to tell me he was working on his will and did I want anything? Well. I wasn’t expecting that so I said, “Can I get back to you?” in between me blurting out …

Beginning CrossFit
I appreciate it when people invite me to try new things. During dryland for the Amazon Dragons Paddling Club last season (in which we, as a team, gather at RDFIT in Beaverton and work out together for a month prior …

My Top 10 Coming Out Songs
In honor of National Coming Out Day, I decided to compile YouTube videos of songs that have inspired my queer femme journey. In my experience, coming out doesn’t happen just once, it happens over and over again, in a variety …

Random Night at The National
I never heard The National when I agreed to go to the show at McMenamins Edgefield. Here’s my short synopsis of the Cincinnati-bred group, The National: They are an emo indie rock band that includes: Matt Berninger, Scott Devendorf, Bryan …

Madam Golong Brings the Beats to PDX
Aside from giving us a kick ass show downtown at the Jack London Revue, Madam Golong premiered her first music video for the track, “I Like My Body.” Of course, I loved it because it had infectious beats, a message …

Want to Pick my Brain? You’ll Have to Pay For it
Recently, a male CEO of a startup contacted me to try to get my business. See, he runs a company that provides editors to writers. He thought that maybe I would be a writer that needed an editor. Turns out, …