The frivolity is the point
Prioritizing delight in hard times
On not crowdsourcing our integrity
or: building a personal moral compass
Two birthday requests
What's your favorite way to celebrate yourself?
Get yourself a nemesis
The mental health tool I didn't know I needed.
The IRL friendship experiment
a thread for connection
What's Working: June 2026
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.
Actually, life is beautiful and I have time
Navigating our days with both patience and urgency
Asking better questions
What to expect in the coming months (here in this newsletter, and in the world beyond)
Something's gotta give
an update and an AMA
What's Working: May 2026
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 days add up
15 years of sobriety
Meet the new family member!
Yes, I have a pet sheep now.
Risk everything for joy
If not now, when?
What's Working: April 2026
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.
Where we find salvation
or: the sacred assignment of being a collapse-aware person
Radical generosity: a participatory experiment
Microgrants for emergency preparedness (plus a digital gift-economy-style comments thread where ya'll can gift things to each other!)
Dispatch from the prepper diaries
What the war in Iran looks like through a collapse-awareness lens, and what I'm doing to prepare for downstream impacts.
An introduction thread: Who are you (right now)?
My dear reader. Last September, when I moved my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, a lot of people unsubscribed. 700, maybe? That’s a normal thing that...
What's Working: March 2026
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.
"Do you want to see a picture of me when I was hot?"
or: building an emotional time capsule