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A creative space for slow content, personal writing, + soft power storytelling—trimmed gently at the edges.

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18
Sep

The In-Between Month

September carries a strange gravity. It is the month where sunlight lingers and shadows sharpen, where nostalgia rubs up against urgency.
4 min read
11
Sep

A detour into after

Everyone has their version of this story. Here's mine.
5 min read
20
Aug

On The Same Team: Marriage Three Years In

Beyond contracts and ceremonies, marriage is really a practice of presence: two people showing up again and again, still themselves, but better together.
3 min read
13
Aug

Small joys in a city under watch

Finding softness in DC, even when power tries to harden it.
4 min read
01
Aug

Professional style, in theory

What getting dressed taught me about presence, alignment, and choosing how I want to be understood.
2 min read
24
Jul

Soft nostalgia: the summers we edit

A reflection on memory, and why summer makes us long for versions of ourselves that never really existed the way we remember them.
4 min read
17
Jul

Staying human in an age of information overload

On media literacy, misinformation, and watching comprehension slip.
5 min read
10
Jul

The Future is Out of Office

I used to dream of the job. The title. The proof. Now I dream of time—of walking without purpose, thinking without output, and showing up without a pitch. This is a meditation on what happens when we stop letting our work narrate who we are.
3 min read
03
Jul

What Survives the Myth of American Exceptionalism

A personal essay unpacking the myth of American exceptionalism, national identity, and cultural critique—exploring what remains when the American Dream fades: disillusionment, political grief, and the work of staying engaged.
4 min read
26
Jun

This is me trying

A communicator's confession: on language, misfires, and the performance of clarity.
3 min read