Field Notes

Pages from a life still being worked out.

Thoughts that begin in ordinary places and keep going after the moment has passed. On the judgments we make, the futures we allow ourselves to imagine, and what happens between people.

The Weight of Maybe

The evening news ends, but its picture of the world stays with us. A reflection on why possible harm so often carries more weight than possible good, and what we miss when caution makes every decision.

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We Are Vast

How much of another person can we really see? A reflection on the limits of judgment and the possibilities a life can hold beyond the version we happen to know.

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Leave Competition to the Arenas

Competition can bring out our best. It can also follow us home. A story about friendship, belonging and the scoreboards we carry into places that never needed one.

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