loose change

today’s piece is a little different. it’s an ode to sanch, the beloved vehicular counterpart i named in eighth grade after a spanish project about mark sanchez. my parents bought the truck in 2002 in ventura as a repo with 8600 miles on it. i grew up with this truck, and i grew to love…

good morning! writing to you from handlebar on canon perdido. i’ve got lots to write about today! i’ve been keeping a note this week: last thursday, my day off, i walked g to the farmer’s market to grab some avos and pick up my bike, which i’d left at the straunt a week prior. as…

happy monday to all who observe! i’m starting very late today–9:58p–because i lost track of time earlier agonizing over cover letter verbiage until i had to get ready for work. there are so many variables! i want to sound authentic but not unconventional, i need to be concise, i need to prove my desire to…

the last day of september is upon us: a reminder that time moves deceptively fast, and another foray into some of california’s more anomalous weather, although it seems like the entire country is coping with varying levels of Unprecedented Climes. i’m reading the news too much. today i’ve been thinking about the word teeming. teeming…

the fog has finally burned off this morning! i’m spending another few days taking care of rex in santa barbara. sam got home last night and we’ve spent the better part of the morning looking at apartments. i’m constantly frustrated by the internet lately. i’m beginning to understand my position in this rapidly-evolving world of…

oh man i’ve missed writing here! 9 weeks later i finally feel settled enough to write a brief monday piece! i’m overwhelmed by the need to encapsulate both the second half of the summer and the entirety of our road trip. i’ve let alllllllll of my stories and thoughts and memories snowball into nine weeks…

a long overdue monday piece! breaking my silence! today’s thursday piece looks like this: i’m off of morning schedule because my immune system gave out on me this week. i’ve got that kind of cold that’s induced by carrying too much tension between the shoulders and exacerbated by too much time in the sun. i…

happy july! camp time is different compared to Real World time–if summer could be measured as a year, we’re still in late spring. it’s easy now to forget that the Real World year of 2024 is halfway over. which isn’t to say that we aren’t existing in the Real World here, but more to say…

a monday piece for the final week of june! feeling slightly unsettled about the imminence of july. i’m not necessarily ready to say goodbye to june. i’m hoping time slows a little during midsummer, which–according to the calendar–Officially began today! the east coast continues to provide us with some real slap-in-the-face weather. we went from…

camp piece number two! i can’t believe i’ve been here for almost a week. i’m already doing the mental math on how to loop a few more summers at wohelo into my five year plan. the campers aren’t here yet. we’ve been slowly and steadily sweeping cabins and raking leaves, sharing meals and laughing more…