Summer in Winter in Seattle
Riding home from work the sky was bright blue and the sun was just low enough that it filled up the whole south side of the lake. I can't believe how every...
Resolution
Maybe just a simple email to kick off the new year.May 2026 be the year of renewed connection. To myself, to my friends, my family and the outdoors. May my...
The Leaves
The leaves. When did they get there? Three, golden and resting on the trail that I've been riding all summer. How long have I been looking up instead of...
August Heatwave
It's been five months since I last wrote. Five months. In my head this seems significant, like that much silence would cultivate into something. Some people...
Raindrops in the bird bath
I'm writing this from the kitchen table in the new house. Kitchen tables and writing: maybe it's the one bastion where conversations still happen organically...
The moving letter
Fact: My son turned 10. Fact: We had to move. Again. Fact: Fourth time in four years. Statistical probability of another move within 12 months: Hopefully 0....
36, 33
In the chaotic early days of our solar system, a massive collision shattered a single primordial asteroid. But instead of scattering to the cosmic winds, two...
Green on Green
The clock at the Albany train station is broken, an Oregon winter sundial. This seems to be a cosmic joke considering that it was the railways that forced...
Thanksgiving and Biking to Work
Including random photos as I didn’t take many since the last newsletter Pine green vastness folds into the ochre and flame of fall. The rhythm of the rails,...
A lil' fall update
Hello out there. It's a cold and windy day here in Seattle. The leaves are turning all sorts of shades of reds, oranges and yellows, still clinging to the...
Gentle air
The seasonal temperature, humidity and light in Seattle pair perfectly with its shades of greens, blues and whites. After a week in the heat and humidity of...
Little things
Last Saturday we were able to welcome Thomas Hugh Harvey-Petersen. The delivery and labor were both thankfully smooth and both Mom/son are healthy, something...
Sunshine
I'm sorry I haven't written recently. I'm going to try to sprinkle in any photos of what has been happening recently. Job has been pretty difficult. Much of...
Sun meets water meets skin
Central Park. Cold, but sunny. My confidence in this sweater was a little too high and the cold part is beating out the sunny part. I find water, so many...
End of the road
A small bit of housekeeping to start this one off. Tinyletter is shutting down in February so this will be my final newsletter here. It's been a wonderful...
The car's first name is
The coyotes started at 3am... A bark and then a series of howls. Call and reply. It takes me back to camping deep in the Oregon trees at 9 years old. We...
Roadtrip!
First things first. This coming Friday to next Saturday (10th-18th) myself and Andrew will be driving from Seattle to San Diego. We're packing for an ol'...
Catching up...
First of all, I want to apologize for taking so long to write. There have been a number of things that are gradually eating away my day(s). I want to blame...
FRANK THE TANK
My car is the greatest automobile ever assembled. The pinnacle of Japanese engineering. On the day he was compared to a covered wagon we forded a river. We...
Summer things
I was curious the other day how old my Gmail address was. Turns out I signed up a few weeks after it launched, when exactly I don't know, I just remember...