Sixty days in quarantine
I had my birthday in quarantine last week. It's often a difficult day for me. It's hard not to lament the passage of time, to consider all tha has not been...
A book in a time of no bookstores.
When my first book came out, I hand-sold a lot of copies. I used to keep a stack of four or five in my bag, and if anybody showed the slightest interest in...
A book in a time of no bookstores.
When my first book came out, I hand-sold a lot of copies. I used to keep a stack of four or five in my bag, and if anybody showed the slightest interest in...
I just got off a cruise ship.
“You’re getting on a cruise ship?” It’s the fourth text I’ve gotten like this. My friends, my boss, members of my family I hardly talk to reach out to tell...
I just got off a cruise ship.
“You’re getting on a cruise ship?” It’s the fourth text I’ve gotten like this. My friends, my boss, members of my family I hardly talk to reach out to tell...
Today is the first day of 2020.
Time is an illusion and the calendar is a compromise, but I am ready to eat up a new year. I have a few traditions I keep. I'm in new underwear and new socks...
Today is the first day of 2020.
Time is an illusion and the calendar is a compromise, but I am ready to eat up a new year. I have a few traditions I keep. I'm in new underwear and new socks...
A series of perfect moments.
I was walking across Golden Gate park and the fallen leaves were as broad as sheets of paper, scraping noisily over the pavement. Cold sunlight shot across...
A series of perfect moments.
I was walking across Golden Gate park and the fallen leaves were as broad as sheets of paper, scraping noisily over the pavement. Cold sunlight shot across...
I saw a ghost on the Queen Mary.
It was a beautiful wedding; Harry Potter themed with magic wands and fantastic beasts. We danced new life on that old boat with old friends in new shoes. The...
I saw a ghost on the Queen Mary.
It was a beautiful wedding; Harry Potter themed with magic wands and fantastic beasts. We danced new life on that old boat with old friends in new shoes. The...
Home again, home again.
A lot of you don't know this about me, but I was homeless as a kid. I lived a long time in those transitional stages that come before real homelessness hits:...
Home again, home again.
A lot of you don't know this about me, but I was homeless as a kid. I lived a long time in those transitional stages that come before real homelessness hits:...
Goodbye to all that.
The temptation to send these out right before getting on an airplane is always quite strong. I'm too dramatic for my own good, and I'm always looking for...
Goodbye to all that.
The temptation to send these out right before getting on an airplane is always quite strong. I'm too dramatic for my own good, and I'm always looking for...
Hot newsprint poured over ice cream.
Last month I wrote you a lot of gloomy feelings about taking a regular job, but I'm pleased to report that it's better than I expected. I've been writing for...
Hot newsprint poured over ice cream.
Last month I wrote you a lot of gloomy feelings about taking a regular job, but I'm pleased to report that it's better than I expected. I've been writing for...
Come what may.
In the space of just a few days I launched a book, celebrated twelve years of marriage, got a job, and stared down my next birthday. I've been working for...
Come what may.
In the space of just a few days I launched a book, celebrated twelve years of marriage, got a job, and stared down my next birthday. I've been working for...
Settle and Seattle
I started the Road to Nowhere books in San Francisco because I knew the city. I had lived here a couple of years, gotten to know the beat of the streets and...