Draftwerk

Embracing Read-Only Mode

Sometimes it’s more important to listen to what’s going on than it is to have something to say.

It seems like writing should be the easy thing to do as a quarantine project. I mean, all the…

Parables of 2020

My second reading of Octavia Butler’s Parables double-volume was very different from my first.

I finished my second reading of Octavia Butler’s Parables double-volume — Parable of the Sower and Parable of the…

Something about January

Desert & ocean photos, interspersed with some ramblings about writing.

Recalibration

The writing process is boring and I hate it sometimes. Is this related to my recent reading habits? (Probably yes.)

I’ve been working on a blog post for the better part of a month. It’s ballooned up to…

Recent reads: How To Do Nothing

It isn’t about avoiding reality, it’s about how to assess your priorities. Also neat facts about bioregionalism.

Typewriter love in the digital age

I’m in the infatuation stage of having relaunched my website…

Back-to-school season

I’m wrapping up a studious August with a trip to the forest.