I've been spending a lot of time recently evaluating where my time is best spent on the internet - which methods are effective for me as far as introducing myself to the people who will appreciate what I do (thank you!), and which methods are more of a waste of my time. With every single thing...

I had what I consider an "invasion of privacy" experience this morning. I had to take an oral drug test in order to obtain a temporary data entry job. I know, I know, but still. I'm a responsible adult - I don't drink much, I don't smoke much, I recycle, I vote. I like plants. Sue me. And the...

This is a spoken word piece I wrote in 2004. I used to smoke cigarettes, too, compounding my asthmatic inability to hike up mountains at anything other than a snail's pace. The beginnings of this poem were written on a slow and steady crawl up Dog Mountain in the Columbia Gorge, which is an...