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a recipe for friendship 008

September 7, 2025

what’s the formula for making friends? the equation gets more complicated when you subtract the city and add thirty years. i’ve had enough conversations in...

lessons from time travel 007

August 25, 2025

last week my wife and i celebrated our second wedding anniversary. i sent her a loving message from the future, while i was six hours ahead in amsterdam....

building a practice with the purpose of honing a craft 006

August 17, 2025

as an artist, i have no shortage of ideas. over the last year i’ve made attempts at the violin, ceramics, writing two newsletters, youtube, homesteading,...

5 things gardening is bringing my attention to…005

a field of daffodils growing in my garden. photo by me. rain. i don’t know that i’ve ever paid so much attention to rain, and, when i have, certainly not...

i threw a garden party for my birthday 004

adrienne and brandi planting strawberries and blueberries. taken by gustavo lopes. i’m a spring baby, may 19 to be exact. it’s often confused with summer,...

for all of the shea butter babies 003

home is how i heal moodboard the image above is the moodboard i’ve collaged inside of my notion page dedicated to home is how i heal. this is the space i...

patterns, practices, and rituals 002

my hands holding a lighter to palo santo, next to a vase of dried eucalyptus mar 31, 2025. 7:43a. i wish i could remember exactly the last questions my...

a place to call home 001

home was not always a place. i moved around a lot and so home was an idea that i carried with me with one on the clock. i knew my time there would be short-...