Heartbroken in Community Together
I woke up this morning before my alarm went off and stared at the ceiling. I tried to put off checking my phone as long as I could. I spent last night with...
Last Days of Summer
Dear Last Piners, With summer winding down into autumn, I find myself feeling reflective. I’m thinking a lot about this newsletter and what it’s for, and...
And we're live
Dear Reader, Provided everything goes correctly with this scheduled email, by the time you read this, Bump in the Dark: Revised Edition will have gone live...
Next Stop: Last Stop
Hey friends, Well. I watched I Saw the TV Glow last weekend and I’m kinda still processing it. I’m working on a longer piece to help me do so, and I imagine...
From the Firmament
Working to actually send out an update once a month; so far we’re on track for doing so three whole months in a row so I’m feeling mighty proud of myself....
Breaking Out from Breakout
Howdy from Milwaukee, where snow is currently blanketing everything and it feels more like December than March. As some of you know, I recently returned from...
But I Dreamt We Were All Beautiful & Strong
Hey everybody! Exciting news -- after Substack's very public unwillingness to deplatform literal white supremacists, we've landed at Buttondown. We'll see...
Time to find a new home
in other words fuck substack lol
Playing Catch-Up
The longer I go without updating this, the more anxiety I have about doing so, and the longer I put it off. Huh. How weird.
The antidote to avoidance is acceptance
If it’s alright with y’all, I’m going to take some time to talk about some clinical stuff I’ve been excited about recently. This is geeky psych stuff, so if...
Words & Actions
Chris Gethard at the X-Ray Arcade Got Me Reflecting on the Nature of Parenting -- of being a parent, and of having been parented.
Welcome to Last Pine
It’s been a minute again, but here I am, checking in. There’s been a big life update since the last time we talked. Last month, I left the hospital where...
Another day in Iron Country
I’ve been uhhh not great about updating this thing regularly. Has it really been since March? And since November since I actually wrote an update? Wow. Well,...
time is all wounds
Hey! Sorry for the long silence. Time kind of got away from me. I still plan on finishing my piece about PBT and I have some big news that I will be able to...
Action Without Vision
More mental health/psychology-related stuff here, so feel free to skip if that’s not your thing. I promise that’s not the only thing I’m going to talk about...
How Language Creates Suffering
or, what the fuck are relational frames?
Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
Happy September, everyone! It’s now officially Halloween, a three-month celebration of tricking, treating, and all things spoopy. I’m pretty pleased that I’m...
Pain and Purpose
It’s been a busy few months. I’ve moved fully into an outpatient role at the hospital. M’s back to the office two days a week. V started at daycare again for...
Invalidation Nation
We went to the park yesterday for a short hike with some friends, and as we exited the trail there was a young girl, a little older than V., sitting on the...
And if I'm not there, don't look back. Just go.
It's a little disquieting how easily so many shift back to the status quo. For one, I suppose, I am not convinced that this thing is actually "over" by any...
Their Helicopters Sing
It's been a minute. Sorry about that -- I'd say I've been busy but I don't know if that's particularly true. At least not any busier than usual. I think I...
Time moves in one direction, memory in another
The weather has been gray and rainy and cold, and it's taking a toll. My bones are tired. It feels like we've been living in the apocalypse for a hundred...
The Eleventh Key
Happy Friday, everyone! I know for some of us Friday is just another day in an endless blur of days. Maybe you didn't even know it was Friday, that's how...
live from the Four Seasons (Total Landscaping)
Well, they finally called it. It was obvious for a while now, but I guess the media were waiting on ... something. There have been a lot of guesses as to why...
Dispatches from the Heart of the Apocalypse
I reactivated Facebook yesterday and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be. In fact, it was kind of nice. It was good to check in with some of the...