Moon Memo: Somebody got married
Good morning from the bath tub, on a beautiful New Year's morning. This year dawned with me a married woman. It's true. Jade and I got married on Monday....
Moon Memo: I have enough ghosts.
Good morning from my office in Century Tower, on the edges of downtown Portland. My personal items are in a cardboard box. I used to joke that it was funny...
RIP Graye
My dear Graye died last night. She was a wonderful friend. An occasional lover. One of the kindest, most generous people I know. An incredibly talented...
Moon Memo: The work, not the job
Good morning from the quiet. Drinking coffee with a notebook on the desk, a .txt file open, dark and hypnotic, the cursor blinking. I was let go from my job...
Moon Memo: Trans Naked
Last night I read in front of a large crowdof queer and trans peopletrans naked, meaning in my underwear and knee socks.It was cathartic. It was healing.It...
Moon Memo: The Tofu Maker
Hello from the rain season. A new dark patch just appeared on the bedroom ceiling. It could be mold. It could be a leak. We will find out in a couple of...
Moon Memo: I'm not ok. And that's ok.
Hello from November 7, two days after an election where America chose its easy way. What can I say about the election? That I'm not surprised? That I'm still...
Moon Memo: Hauntings
Good morning from Halloween. The veil is thin, and the dead are walking through. Octobers have been hard since 2000, when my Grandpa died. When he died I...
Moon Memo: Packing List and PJ Harvey
Pre-Note: This is pretty much the last moon memo, but a little different. I just needed something to do this morning, so I wrote this, and I wanted to share...
The Traveler
Good morning from the Foster-Powell triangle, where I am officially on vacation. From today (Sat. the 5th of October, 2024) until next Sunday (October 13th)...
Moon Memo: Harm Reduction
Hello from Portland, Oregon. I am at an undisclosed location because I am going to commit a crime. I am going to shoplift a little something to remind myself...
Moon Memo: Just a week
Hello from Portland, Oregon, dictating this into my phone as I'm sitting in the bathtub. Autumn has come. My friends and I were getting gay tacos on...
Moon Memo: Living in Notebooks
Good morning from Portland Oregon, where I am living out of notebooks again. I am 285 poems into the year (there have only been 229 days so far). I set a...
Moon Memo: Dance of the Fireflies
Good morning from Portland, where I'm in recovery. Traveled to Nebraska to see my sweetie Graye, for reasons I'll be oblique about in writing (the midwestern...
Moon Memo: Sylvia and Marsha and Misha
Good morning from Portland, Oregon, where I'm doing ok. Cancer sucks (a lover is going through treatments. It’s hard). Work is what it is. Wrestling this...
Moon Memo: The Horror and eReaders
Hello from the Foster-Powell triangle, where I am at the beginning of a 4 day weekend. I have spent too much time suffering at work to not have a long break....
Moon Memo: I will not be sending it today
Hello from Portland Oregon, where the dread has set in. I wrote an entire Moon Memo, but decided not to send it because I was worried that people would be...
Moon Memo: The Poet Laureate
Intro Hello from Portland Oregon, where Jade just had to break up an argument on our street. One neighbor was threatening another for violence. Turns out the...
Moon Memo: Living In the Mystery
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
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...