picture this: a front porch, small, just enough space for the doorway and a comfy chair in the corner. you’ve spruced it up, laid a blanket over it, hung some wind chimes you found somewhere in a thrift store, old and brown and too heavy to really make much noise…

or, it’s nearly the middle of 2022 but i didn’t have this newsletter in 2021 so you’re getting my 2021 year in review now — in 2021 i read ninety books, which sounds impressive until you remember i was literally just a depressed little sock laying in bed all day every day. (for context, i am now medicated again, and i’ve only read 17 books so far this year. but don’t worry: i got my…

or a poem on the end — everybody tells me it gets better but nobody tells me when. the cats are meowing. haley wants to walk to pearl street. i wear go go boots and silk scarves and practice my french in the bathroom. everybody tells me it gets better but nobody tells me how. the sun…

liminal space, the gift of theft, and leonard cohen — it’s been a leonard cohen kind of week. when you’ve had a leonard cohen kind of week, one of the only things you can do for yourself is listen to leonard cohen and go on long, rambling walks through a city. it is crucial that a leonard cohen walker walk…

a collection of things & thoughts, from my head to yours may has come, spring has sprung, and the world keeps turning and all the old people fall off. maybe you’re in love, maybe you’re alone, maybe you’re both. whatever you are, wherever you are, however april treated you and…

dear jojo, i know that i am naturally a people pleaser and have worked hard to become more selfish in that regard. i find myself becoming stronger as time goes on, but i notice i still tend to let people in my life forget that boundaries exist. this leaves me…

thoughts on art, legacy, & the human imprint lately i’ve been thinking about something one of my students said in workshop. we were talking about art & creativity & the virtues of creative living when a student said something along the lines of, “i make things because i don’t want…

alternatively titled, how to be single, how to love, and how to make the most of both. dear jojo, i hope that you are doing well! as we reach the end of valentine’s day 2022, my brain is especially focused on the topic of intimate relationships and my growing desire…

or how to start and keep writing i am in a period of my life where i am working consistently and well. this is not work i am being paid for, at least not in the sense that i am making my living off of it. you might not agree…