Essays

Meditations on modern life

Humor essays about the small disasters and quiet absurdities of everyday existence: home improvement projects that reveal existential truths, pets who understand peace better than their owners, and the gap between who we think we are and who we actually become when nobody's watching.

The Kitchen of Theseus: A Meditation on Competence

October 19, 2025 • 5 min read

Early morning and I'm standing in what used to be my kitchen, holding a prybar like it's evidence in a trial where I'm both defendant...

The Upside-Down Dog: A Meditation on Surrender

October 16, 2025 • 2 min read

This morning I found Ellie, my Irish Setter, asleep on her back—legs splayed at geometrically improbable angles, one ear flopped inside-out, making soft honking noises...