After the OSU course, I ride north—Corvallis to Portland, Portland to Seattle. I was last here eight years ago, with teenage angst and a stupid earring. That was the summer I did construction work (i.e., cleaned up after construction workers), and wrote a fantasy novel at 826 Seattle (now known as the Bureau of Fearless Ideas). […]
Monthly archives for August, 2016
Alsea Falls
The trees are so tall out here. I know this is because of the fog and the moderating effects of the California Current, as well as the lack of a need for those energy-intensive winter survival mechanisms (like polyol production and extracellular freezing) born of a longer growing season with milder temperature extremes. But in […]
Man Buns
My first flight from Traverse City to Chicago is canceled. I am not informed of this by American Airlines, but rather by my mother, who takes it upon herself to check, then calls me—frantic—a couple hours before the flight. I’m on hold with the airline for an hour, during which time the dog is quiet. The dog […]