11.19.20 (audio) – Kirsten and Brandon

I wanted to talk about tattoos. Specifically my tattoos. I haven’t really displayed or documented the art I’ve decided to permanently scribble on my skin. And I never was really someone who thought they’d have tattoos, not to mention many tattoos. I currently have my entire right arm covered in various pieces. Some of these […]

The idea of high church is traditionally guided by a belief that formality and uniformity are most important to a connection to/with the Divine. It’s a structure, a container meant for facilitating order. River (Nick) and I both attended a popular Christian liberal arts University in southern CA and were roommates. We studied biblical and […]

(from my notes on my phone when Beau was born) Most of my life growing up I was a sensitive kid. What I mean by “sensitive” is that I expressed my emotions, mainly sad or ones that caused me to cry, easily and freely. I didn’t feel a lot of resistance to my body’s natural […]

When we hold on to something too long, past its time of maturation, a process of expiration will inevitably take place. It’s not impossible to go forward after this. It’s just more difficult, in my experience. There are windows of Time we are given to learn, grow, expand and live in a certain Mode of […]

Kirsten and I got out for a day-date on Saturday. We went to Mexican food spot that is one of our favorites, in the neighborhood we lived 2.5 months in, before moving back to Hillsboro. This was our conversation. We hit record on my iphone because we kept having these talks randomly while out or […]

I was inspired by the recent Michael Jordan documentary series released on ESPN during covid-19. I grew up watching Michael Jordan, but not much. I had his reversible black/red jersey in 7-year-old boy size. I LOVED Space Jam. I knew Mike was the man, but basketball wasn’t really my thing. I played hockey growing up […]