Life

Do we ever know when it’s time to walk away? A job, a friendship, a relationship. This is about the last one. tl;dr: You do not get to be sure. You get a line, and you draw it yourself. season vs. climate A season has an end date. A new business, a layoff, a death…

Last night, I had a dream that my friends and I were going on a trip. Everyone except me had priority screening, so while they breezed through security, I was stopped, questioned, and sent elsewhere to pick up my ticket. By the time I got my ticket, the security line had gotten longer and longer,…

I moved back to the Bay in June. San Jose, specifically. Eleven years since I lived here, four since I lived in the Bay at all. (And when I say “the Bay,” I mean the Bay Area. If you’re not from here, welcome to the local vocabulary.) I’ve been struggling with it. On the surface,…