David

A Long Surrender

The King Knows How by Over the Rhine from The Long Surrender Surrender and surrendering have been fairly consistent themes since I started seeing a new therapist a couple years ago. I had decided to stop seeing my first therapist who was very helpful at times, but our time together ran its course. …

A Man is Not His Song

A Man is Not His Song from Pleasure by Feist So, I had a bit of a spring affair. Well, a winter-through-summer affair. It was cold when we met and hot outside the last time we saw each other. His name was Luke. I liked him a lot. He was charming. A little dull but his grin more than made up for …

Hello

Hello! from The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Hello, David. In early 2023, I put 170 words on the screen for you explaining a writing project and my intentions for it, and how I’d use this writing project to share some updates about my life with you in essays and songs. …

I’m planning on posting (and in some cases re-posting) a series of essays for my friend David who asked me, “How are things going?” About two years ago and to whom I’m finally replying in a series of essays. You’ll get to read (most of) them too, even if you aren’t David. Which you probably aren’t.