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My 90-day low spend experiment
December 30, 2025
If I already have more than enough, why do I keep buying more?
How much money is enough? (vol 2)
December 23, 2025
Reimagining retirement
Ask Me Anything!
December 16, 2025
Money, reading, writing, long-distance hiking, relationships, preparedness, grief, aging, offline life — anything!
The thing that makes you feel alive
December 9, 2025
The joys of being a human in a messy body
What's Working: December 2025
December 2, 2025
What’s been working well in my life - plus a curated list of links to what I’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and cooking!
"The times are urgent; let us slow down."
November 25, 2025
Gentle questions for a chaotic season
Find the juice that's worth the squeeze
November 18, 2025
Four recent decisions (influenced by my collapse acceptance)
How much money is enough? (vol 1)
November 10, 2025
My dear reader. For the past 11 months I have been spending down my savings. This was intentional — after starting to divest from the stock market in June of...
What's Working: November 2025
November 3, 2025
My dear reader. Each month, as my free offering for all subscribers, I share what’s been working well in my life plus a curated list of links to what I’ve...
Staying out of the spiral
October 28, 2025
My dear reader. Tomorrow night, at my usual bedtime of 9pm, I’ll be changing into a hospital gown to get my first ever MRI. It’s my leg, you see. A potential...
The art of composting
October 20, 2025
My dear reader. I do not like it, and I have tried to resist it, but something that has proven to be true again and again in my life is that in order to not...
There can be no more waiting
October 13, 2025
My dear reader. What I am feeling right now, both personally (in the aftermath of my father’s death) and collectively (in the daily horrors of violent state...
What's Working: October 2025
October 6, 2025
Monthly pay-what-you-can subscriptions are here! If you’re currently a paid monthly subscriber and wish to either increase or decrease your payment amount,...
The question of the body
September 29, 2025
My dear reader. It has now been 39 days since my father died. He died in the early morning hours before dawn, and the phone tree went like this: hospice...
A soft, warm welcome
September 22, 2025
My dear reader. After more than three months away from my public writing practice, it is with such nervous excitement that I welcome you into our new digital...