Why I write

I started writing seriously a few years ago, but just for myself. I began by writing in a journal as a means of expressive therapy. Sitting with a blank page before me, not knowing what to write, how to write, or even why I was writing was too daunting a set-up. It...

Advice (that’s mostly for myself)

I keep on running into folks who say how important the habit of writing and publishing daily has been to them, and I think: “I need to start doing that… tomorrow.” Each and every time, I realize the potential value in adopting the habit, and then...

Distributed Science

The year is 2026. The time is 8:37 AM. A wall-mounted speaker comes on and a male’s voice announces that you’ve just crossed the border into Oregon. Beyond the window myriad shades of green whizz past at 760 mph blurring into a sort of flickering, moss green paint...