3 short near-death stories The Ditch When I was a teenager I headed over to a friend’s house on a hot summer night for a party and woke up in a ditch the next morning two miles away just as Read more…

Tight spaces should be temporary. The budget for the couple’s tiny house was $125k. One-hundred twenty-five thousand US dollars for a roughly 200 square foot living space. For comparison, if your house has a bathroom that’s 8 x 12 feet, Read more…

Ode to the chub. My mother was a small woman and I was a nine-pound, ten-ounce vaginal birth baby. It’s fine, you can say it. I was a fat kid. A pan full of dinner rolls had nothing on me Read more…

The consequences of our actions. The word consequence to me always seemed negative. Whenever I think about it, rarely do people say, “Think of the benefits of your actions.” It always seems to be more about being careful about what Read more…