Category: Life and Love and Stuff
You Are Not Your Worst Moments

THIS BLANK PAGE You are not your worst moments February 23, 2020 It’s a pleasantly warm February Sunday in Minneapolis. I’m sitting at the Starbucks on Excelsior (it’s a good one, if you’ve never been). The tables beside me have switched over three times with different people as I’ve written, read, and worked diligently throughout […]
When You Feel Like Quitting….
Known
2017: A Year in Review
Every Emotion You Feel When Publishing a Book

Everyone knows what it’s like to start off on a new adventure. It doesn’t have to be anything grand. You could be moving somewhere, starting a new job, beginning a relationship, or finally taking up that hobby you always said you would. There’s excitement and uncertainty. Every moment is filled with possibility. It’s not all […]
The Artist and the Real World
Pushing 30 – Reflections from a Fading Twentysomething

There are these moments of change in life that you see coming at you. You prepare yourself. You think you’re ready. And then they arrive, and you still can’t quite believe what’s happening. All of that to say, one month from today, I will turn 30 years old. It’s funny because I’ll have one group […]
The Greatest Words Never Said

The beginning of our universe was dark and formless. There was no time or space or color. Just the cold, infinite black. Then, according to the Biblical account, God said “Let there be light”, and there was light and life and warmth. He spoke creation into existence. Whether you believe there’s a god or not, […]
VHS Lifestyle
I Graduated from High School. Now What?

I don’t know where my high school diploma is. I’ve spent the past ten minutes trying to remember if I actually got a physical diploma. I must have. I graduated from high school. I walked across the stage in that ridiculous square hat. People clapped when my name was read. It was very official. And […]