Notes

Short pieces, written when something is worth writing down. Newest first.

September 2026Notes from a first semester, written during the secondThings I wish someone had told me before I went back to school at twenty-five.
August 2026Learning to sail, slowlyI signed up for lessons on a whim. I am now the slowest student the club has ever had, and I am fine with that.
June 2026Cooking for twelve on a two-burner stoveMy apartment has two burners and one good pot. I have fed twelve people from it and I would do it again.
April 2026The 5 a.m. loopNothing about the route is special. That is the point.
March 2026Ten years of falling off a skateboardI was never good. I was persistent, which at a skate park is almost the same thing.
February 2026What a year of carrier onboarding taught me about formsEvery field on a form is a small promise that someone will read the answer.