Moon Memo

Moon Memo: Living In the Mystery

April 19, 2024

Moon Memo-April 19, 2024 Hello from Portland Oregon, where the weather is beautiful and the trees are still doing their sex in my sinuses. I'm back in the...

Moon Memo: I'm glad you were born

April 12, 2024

Welcome Good afternoon from Portland, Oregon, where I am taking a mental health break. I washed the dishes to do my one bit of declutter for the day. I tried...

Moon Memo-Wrestling, Boobs, and Windows Management

April 6, 2024

Moon Memo-Saturday April 6, 2024 Intro Hello from Saturday April 6. My friend Elodie says that she loves how well I can relax. So why am I here doing work on...

Moon Memo: Just Listening

March 30, 2024

Good morning from Portland, on the cusp of spring. Last night I was depressed, and took myself out on a date. New listening bar and movie about a composer....

Moon Memo: She Reads!

March 22, 2024

Hello from your Poet Laureate! I declared myself the Trans Poet Laureate of Portland in 2021, and since then I've been sadly not keeping up with my duties as...

Moon Memo: The Eagle has Landed

March 8, 2024

Good morning from Portland, and a happy international women's day to all the women and cis women in my life. It's a surprise holiday from work, and I'm...

Moon Memo: Coffee on Davie

February 24, 2024

Good morning from Melriches Coffee, deep in the heart of Davie Village in Vancouver British Columbia. It took me a while to get here today. Drove around a...

Moon Memo: 45

February 10, 2024

Good morning from the Foster Powell Triangle, on the day after my birthday. It was a good day: social media bursts of kindness. A weird phone call with mom....

Moon Memo: Tecnicos and Rudos

January 31, 2024

Good morning from the Foster-Powell triangle. Still healing from my oral surgery last week. Was onsite at work yesterday for yearly planning. I added a...

Moon Memo: The Broken Toothed Eunuch

January 27, 2024

Good morning from the Foster-Powell Triangle. I slept for 10 hours last night. Maybe 11. Overwhelmed by this week, I welcomed the long sleep. I'd still be...

Moon Memo: Ice Station Moon

January 19, 2024

Good morning from the frozen tundra of the Foster/Powell Triangle. It's day 7 of confinement. We've lost water, then power, then got them all back. And now,...

Moon Memo: Crying for a dead boy

January 13, 2024

Good morning from the frozen wastelands of Portland, Oregon. It is Saturday morning, and the snow is coming, and the wind is howling and cold. My cold...

Moon Memo: The convivial now

January 8, 2024

Good morning from Winter, in Portland, Oregon. Settled into a third place with my headphones on, the big windows showing the mush of this weather. A pair of...

Moon Memo: The Dirt, The Woods, Your Brain, Your Darkness

January 5, 2024

Hello From Portland, Oregon. The Mercado burnt down two nights ago, and the quiet man was swept by the police. Winter is having its way with us, and I feel...

Moon Memo: Be Not Afraid

December 30, 2023

Hello. I know I'm writing a lot of these lately. But it's the end of the year, and the end of the year always feels like a good time to write. To think about...

Moon Memo: Soup, Sandwich, and Apizza

December 27, 2023

Good morning from the day after Christmas, where I seem to keep shaking off this fucking cold. I've been sick for most of December. Chest rattling with every...

Moon Memo: No Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

December 23, 2023

Good morning from the little house in the Foster-Powell triangle. It's Saturday, the day before christmas eve, and I'm trying to keep quiet. Listening to...

Moon Memo: Winter Solstice with Meltdown

December 21, 2023

The sunlight streams from the windows. The car is cold and wet inside, the weather sealing failing more and more every year. I watch the houseless men...

Moon Memo: I Here Declare The End Of The War!

December 16, 2023

Good morning. It's Saturday, and I'm at the usual place at 7 a.m., doing laptop club. Laptop club is my name for this: sitting in a coffee show with a...

Moon Memo: A week in the life of a sick lady

December 13, 2023

Good morning from Portland Oregon. I'm doing an experiment this week where I'm going to write a little something every day for the Moon Memo. This was...

Moon Memo: Negative Nostalgia

December 7, 2023

Hello from the Foster-Powell Triangle, where I'm Feeling some negative nostalgia tonight. I have a bunch of friends who are processing High School Trauma,...

Moon Memo: Traveling Alone in the Dark

December 5, 2023

Good morning. It's still dark here in Portland. It feels like we're in the time of year where it is always dark. Raining hard, and dark early in the early...

Moon Memo: Tools and Grumbling

December 3, 2023

Good Morning from Portland Oregon, where I am currently looking at tools and grumbling. tools "You seem to be looking at tools a lot right now," my dear...