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Just Caffeine pt. 3
I live in the margins of a major city, a choice that now feels less like compromise and more like quiet preference. Iβm old enough to admit that the glamor of being in the heart of it all, the clamor, the lights, the perpetual nearness of strangers, no longer holds much appeal. Even when I β read more
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Just Caffeine pt. 2
image: The Toronto Star Weekly, Ontario, May 18, 1912 from yesterdaysprint According to @econojam, I won tickets to the OK Go concert on May 19th. I havenβt bought one of their records in about a year, so this feels like a nudge from the universe. Skipped my usual oat milk matcha latte and went with β read more
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Just Caffeine pt. 1
image: August MalmstrΓΆm, “Dancing Fairies” (1866) Twenty years ago, I didnβt think Iβd be sitting in a coffee shop in the East Bay, sipping matcha like a calm, centered adult who experiments with fountain pen ink for fun. Iβm not boredβI just quit my job after catching my own reflection and thinking, Oh god, what β read more
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Just Coffee pt. 2
Beginnings are exhilarating. Then the exhilaration wears off, and I remember that I donβt know what Iβm doing. Thereβs always this brief period where I think, maybe Iβve got it together this time. And then I donβt. Lately, Iβve been trying to stay off social media. I told myself that documenting every legal substance I β read more
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Just Coffee pt. 1
MARCH 14, 2025 β I was looking forward to seeing Intervals live, but the show got canceled. Bad weather, they said. The official excuse. San Francisco gets a little wind and suddenly everything falls apart. Whatever. Weβd already paid for parkingβnonrefundable, naturallyβso we had to make something of the night. A quiet defeat. The cold β read more
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