care work
Moon Dust
Who is going to housekeep on the moon?
time travel
I hear voices
This essay is about creativity, care work, childhood promises, and mornings when it’s hard to wake up.
environment
Averted Vision
The world is getting darker
physics
playhouses
My five-year-old, Brontë, has her first bad cold of the season. She kind of reminds me of a grumpy gnome when she’s sick. But this particular sickness kept her from twirling outside in the first snow of the season. So she’s been in a mood that feels a
pocket observatory in the news
You and I were in Columbia Journalism Review
Somewhat unbelievably, you and I have been featured in the Columbia Journalism Review. Can I tell you about it? Earlier this year, I started leaving you voicemails. And then I invited members of pocket observatory to leave voicemails on my answering machine. A few months ago, Danny Funt reached out
war
something scattered
falling leaves and falling bombs
religion
Tim Ballard Said He Buried Me
I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.
war
war, vampires and resurrection light
this is worth your attention
religion
Altar Bound
men who hide behind pulpits and priesthood
welcome to pocket observatory
I use my pocket observatory to collect the dead starlight illuminating trending topics. Detect atomic insights in kitchen breadcrumbs. Listen for the cultural frequencies that move through all of us. Every piece of writing and bit of audio is a single imprecise measure.
religion
Altar Bound
A series on the LDS Church and abuse
family
Oracles and Angry Girls
Choose what is divine