regaining my sense of touch 013
what is something that you used to do with your hands that has since been replaced by technology? we think, we feel, we remember with our hands and the...
grief in all its forms 012
i live with grief. sometimes its shadow looms so large i’m swallowed into a bottomless pit. this part of the year will forever be marked by grief in all its...
hibernation season 011
i have been slowly “de-influencing” on instagram in an attempt to relinquish myself from the distractions of celebrity for celebrity sake. i’m asking myself,...
piece by piece 010
home is a process of making — seeing the new in the old, the possibility in permanence. if i could snap my fingers and have my entire home designed and...
separation of church and state 009
what is work-life balance? is there such a thing in a capitalistic society that claims to reward us the more we grind ourselves into the pavement. i’m on my...
a recipe for friendship 008
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
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
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-...