Category: Essays
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On failure and compassion
The way we view and treat failure is, in itself, a failure. A piece about perspective, compassion, and caring for one another.
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The Value of a Nap
Adam talks about his dysfunctional relationship with sleep and the importance of naps.
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Without anything but the love we feel
Adam talks about The B-52s, love, and his hopes and fears on the first stretch of the road to Rainbow gathering in Michigan.
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In my grandfather’s hospital room
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. The sudden beeping from the machine next to my hospitalized grandfather sends my heart into a faster rhythm. The hard thrum-thrum-thrum of fear and panic. It’s fine. The beeping means the fusion is done. I don’t know what the fusion is. Transfusion? Something else? What’s going into my grandpa’s body? I…
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Six years ago today: Nerdfighteria, Tacoma, and reflections on community
Adam reflects on a photo from six years ago, and how the communities of Nerdfighteria and Tacoma affected the course of his life.
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How I learned to be afraid, and why I carry pepper spray
Adam describes a personal experience with the sort of unacceptable behavior that women are subjected to on a far more regular basis.
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Why a photo of Jenny Owen Youngs and Julia Nunes blew my mind
Adam gets a shock from an Instagram photo, and it sends his mind on a trip down the rabbithole into the surreality of reality.
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Thoughts from a train: leaving Tacoma again
Adam reflects on his depature from Tacoma a year ago while departing his fair city once again, after a month-long trip.