I wrote this a year ago. “Just Asking” is still one of the best essays I’ve read reflecting on Sept. 11 and not a whole lot of the bad things that I mentioned last year have gotten better, frankly. So, I’m reposting it today, touched up to reflect the new date. With today marking the [...]
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Mic Check or Long Overdue Housekeeping Notes Round 2
I’m reasonable sure this thing is still on so here’s my semi-reasonable excuse for going a month without posting anything: I got a new job! I am now Cascade Land Conservancy’s media associate. I’m just wrapping up my fourth week there and so far it’s great. In addition to the sort of social media work [...]
Leaving the Good Life to Hit the Road
I wrote this earlier today for The Bicycle Story. I like it so I’m reposting it here. Gregg Bleakney crossing into Argentina from Chile. Photo by Gregg Bleakney. The latest episode of Patagonia’s Dirtbag Diaries podcast is about a young man who left a high paying, white collar career to ride his bike from Alaska [...]
Vote For Jamara By March 10!
One of Jamara’s amazing photos, but not the one you’ll be voting on. A few years ago, photographer Jamara Knight and her partner Shawn Casey spent three months living and volunteering in a Tanzanian orphanage. Though her primary job was to teach English, Jamara also went to Tanzania prepared to work on a photography project [...]
Apparently Jewish Pirates Are Totally A Thing
A Google image search for “pirate” turned up a 50/50 split of women in slutty pirate Halloween costumes and pictures of Johnny Depp. This was my favorite of the crop. I now know this thanks to an article I wrote for Seattle Jewish news site, jew-ish.com, “Oy Vey, Oy Vey, A Pirate’s Life For Me.” [...]
Overdue Housekeeping Notes About My Life
There were a few noteworthy changes in my life, both bad and good, at the end of October/beginning of November. In typical me fashion, I completely neglected to mention any of it on this blog. The Bad: I am no longer writing my PubliCola column. The short version of the story is that PubliCola wanted [...]
David Foster Wallace on 9/11, Freedom, and Sacrifice
This was supposed to go up on Publicola on 9/11, but seems to have slipped through the cracks, so I’m putting it up here. With yesterday marking the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and today marking the second anniversary of David Foster Wallace’s tragic death, it seems appropriate to share Wallace’s short, 2007 [...]
I am a Bike Nerd and the SIR Spring Populaire
I have exciting news on the journalism front, news that’s relevant to my insatiable love of bicycles. I am now heading up a twice-weekly column on Publicola about bike advocacy, Seattle-area cycling culture, and events. It’s called BikeNerd. I’m pretty thrilled about it. My first column went up yesterday. I wrote about the Seattle International [...]
Once Again I’ve been Writing Elsewhere
With the legislative session in full swing, my life has been dominated by Publicola and Olympia. I’ve got two posts up on Publicola this week, one about Rep. Rueven Carlyle’s bill to ban cellphone use while driving and one short one about Rep. Jeannie Darnielle’s bill that would prohibit pregnant inmates from being shackled during [...]
My Writing is Elsewhere this Week
I’ve got two articles up on Publicola this week which should help explain the radio silence here. The first article is a preview of some of the legislation being introduced by Seattle delegates this session. A lot of them have to do with revenue and budget (we’re facing a $2.6 billion deficit in WA), but [...]
