It is a fundamental axiom of stasia-hood that if left to my own scheduling devices, I would like to be as efficient as possible. That is, cram all the work (i.e. all the time I need to be in Portland) into a specific amount of time, and cram all the …
Indulge me in a story for a sec. For one of my jobs, I lead a youth conservation crew (think trailbuilding, planting, restoration work, and the like), and today was one of our “conservation education” days. That can mean a whole host of different things, but today it took …
I found this poem on someone’s frontyard poetry post a month or two ago, and was so struck by it that I memorized the title and author and looked it up again when I got home. Now, it seems more important than ever. I cried when I read it out …
Biking is almost always the answer. Yes: I’ve been a little cranky. It’s been weird for me, honestly, since I consider myself pretty damn good at seeing the best in everything and just generally being happy. So it’s been a weird experience for me to actively have to work at …
