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Things I Like
Inspired by Jessica Gross' new blog, Things We Like, I've published a longer (and very random) list of things I like, expanding on the list of ten things I originally submitted to her site.
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On Wandering
"I think the more places I go, the more I sense that this world around me is really just one thing. So there is no there. There is the same as here." A Q&A on exploration and home, published at...
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Introducing the Little One
Our tiny house is nearly finished, so I wanted to share a preliminary tour.
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Face
Entered that world once again, and there he is, my dear friend gone. I send a friend request, despite — Just need a moment to pretend.
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Here But Not Here
I've needed a more private space to write. I've enjoyed having a readership here over the years, but always facing outward -- imagining a mass of people on the other side of my screen -- continues to...
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Gone ’til November: From Park City to Phoenix
A photographic journey through Utah and Arizona.
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Paris in December
I was in Paris last week, before returning to the UK for Christmas. The last time I was in Paris was 15 years ago, when I was studying abroad in the South of France in Cannes. As I noted earlier this...
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Tiny House, Big Year
2015 was a big year. In December 2013, my husband Nick and I decided we wanted to build a tiny house on wheels. We estimated that we’d build it — with our own hands — in a year-and-a-half. We were...
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Ending 2015 in England
I’m back in California, currently sitting on my parents’ sofa in physical and mental limbo. Thanks, jet lag. We spent a month in Europe for the holidays, bouncing between Kent and London, with a side...
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The Bastard Child of Two Dreams
I am split in half. I have two very different dreams. In one dream, I have a comfy home on half an acre — a result of my Zillow searches for land, my obsession with bungalows and modern prefab homes,...
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1997
If you’ve read my blog for a long time, you’ll know that there are stories I want to tell, but I give many excuses: I’m perpetually blocked, I’m not the writer I thought I was, I just don’t have time....
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Descent
This is part of my 1997 project, which resurrects material from a manuscript I’d written in my MFA program from 2006-07. All material below is original and unedited — it was really hard not to touch...
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Uncaged
This is a quick follow-up to “Descent.” For an introduction to this series of posts, read “1997.” *** A few days ago, I posted my first excerpt from the project I’ve tucked away for ten years. I’ve...
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The First Comedown
This is a post in my 1997 series. For background, read the introduction. The name in the excerpt below has been changed. *** A (badly written) passage, in which I describe going home — and coming down...
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We Can Be Robots
This post is part of my 1997 series. This is an excerpt from Chapter IV, which takes place not long after my high school graduation in 1997. A few names below have been changed. For an introduction to...
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Cycle
This is a post in my 1997 series: the first part is an excerpt from Chapter XI, which takes place in May 1998. I was back home in the Bay Area after my first year in college, and my one-year rave...
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Slowdown
In the years I lived in San Francisco, and the many years before moving to the city when I commuted up and down the Peninsula, I became a confident, aggressive driver. I used to love driving through...
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Techno(logy)
This is a post in my 1997 series. The first section is part of Chapter IX in my original manuscript, set in mid-1998. Some first names have been changed. For more on this project, read the...
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Oregon, iPhoneographed
I’ve been in Oregon for the past week, first in Portland and now in Bend. Except for half-days of work here and there, it’s been somewhat of a vacation, and despite the recent Memorial Day holiday in...
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Doors
Today, I published a short interview with Divyakshi Gupta, a photographer and blogger from Mumbai. When I first came upon Divsi’s blog, I was drawn to her use of textures and colors, and also realized...
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