Home is a funny thing.

We look for feelings that make us believe that a certain city, a certain set of people, a certain house, a certain career, a certain person to share a bed with every night, add up to a natural, “home” kind of environment for our unique little soul. A setting where [...]

I’m turning 30 this month.

Oh wait…no, that’s just what Taliyah thinks. No big deal. I’m old to a 14-year-old :)

23, actually. I’m turning 23. I almost typed out some words of joy about this little bracket of time in my life, but I choked up a little, so I’ll let that speak for [...]

Sugar and spice, and everything nice. Putty. Stone. Variables. Contradictions. Flesh and bone. Mind, body, and spirit. Experiences and beliefs. Beauty. Filth.

I think I’ve decided on what I’ve found myself made of recently…

Glass.

If we take a hike back to Chem 101, glass is a fluid. But every single thing about your [...]

Today is Saturday. And I almost went into work again. Not because I’m so overwhelmed with work that I need to catch up (even though I probably do). Not because I forgot and thought it was Friday. Not because I’m a workaholic. Because I wanted to.

My job is to take ideas and make them [...]

I never liked to cry much that I remember. I was “logical”. I’m a scientist. I don’t like to be swayed by my feelings, and I enjoy consistency. I probably give in to emotion more than I realize, but I don’t like the idea of reacting subjectively to life.

This is especially true about faith. [...]

…if you have experience with small-scale cultivation (excluding tomatoes, because I do not want to start eating enough tomatoes to justify growing them) let me know. I can’t plant a garden at a rental house, but I believe there are a few potted-plant vegetable options. I’ll let you know how that goes.

I just closed a browser tab on a church in Memphis I visited while I was there with FCA. The next two will be of job listings in Memphis.

I turned down a job interview a few months ago as an engineer in orthopaedic device design at one of the largest of such companies in [...]

And to think, I really believed I didn’t like Christmas music. Sometimes the third verse of a song can surprise you.

“Truly he taught us to love one another. His law is love and his gospel is peace. Chains shall he break for the slave is our brother, and in his name all oppression shall [...]

So here I sit, in my living room with my roommate and my dog. Post-college. Employed full time. Financially independent. Recovering from food poisoning, but that’s another issue.

I would have told you a year ago that I never wanted to be sitting here, in these circumstances. I would have told you that I wanted [...]

…in the ruin of a life.

I’ve been ruined for a baseline life.¬† For making some days above average and excuses for the rest.¬† For never asking questions or never giving too much or never becoming unhappy or uncomfortable.

For wasting anything.  Time, love, extra bedrooms, extra seats at the dinner table, good books, my [...]