at the closing of the year

If I cannot bring you comfort, then at least I bring you hope. It's been kind of a hell of a year. As a recap: at the beginning of 2017, I was working for a Large Tech Company You've Definitely Heard...

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apace

Things proceed apace. Due to a confluence of things, I have more free time for the moment than I'm used to.  I made myself a schedule to keep myself on track, with designated times for job hunting, for Clarion West...

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in the face of injustice

What do we do, in the face of injustice? Some of us go out in the streets, some of us visit our elected representatives. Others do work behind the scenes, doing the hard and unloved work of making it possible...

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the routine

I am, fundamentally, a creature of habit. I don't find routine boring; on the contrary, I find routine deeply satisfying, and the pleasure of checking off things on my to-do lists is a sharp and lovely one. Without a routine,...

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cold snap

I live in what is usually an extremely temperate climate.  I can see the ocean from my front door, and the town I live in backs onto the Olympic Mountains. It rains quite a bit here, but it usually...

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