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09/16/2020: Book #4: Burning Bridges

Thinking About Boats and Life Preservers

June 2, 2020

This weekend, I was pointed toward an essay called “Detour-Spotting,” about the ways white people can start to unlearn negative reactions to race and racism. It may not be the most beautifully-written essay (I found myself mentally editing bits of it) but there were a lot of sharp pointy bits I found myself getting poked […]

Bring It On (Retrievers #3) is ON!

June 1, 2020

It feels odd, in the middle of *makes helpless gesture at America* all this to be talking about new books, but it’s maybe also exactly when we need to talk about new books? Or, in this case, the return of an older book. And one with unexpected relevance to current* days. Because BRING IT ON, […]

Living in a Time of Pandemic (and special offers thereof)

March 21, 2020

It’s a gorgeous Spring day outside. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom, birds are singing, and every slot in the parking lot is full, engines cold. People are walking, but they’re not going anywhere. Fifteen miles away, the heart of Seattle’s downtown is nearly deserted. Everywhere, most retail stores are closed, lines forming outside […]

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