SHL·Nov 29, 2020Dissolving Your IdentityRecently, I went on dates with someone who identified themself as non-binary. To my surprise and slight confusion, she was what society…
SHL·Aug 30, 2020Ideal and Reality: Closing the GapEvery night, I go to bed determined to flip my life starting tomorrow. Today was awash with wasted time, procrasinated task, and just a…
SHL·Aug 20, 2020A Modest ManifestoThere are two ways to be wealthy. The first is conventional wisdom: acquire more. But why do we conveniently ignore the alternative route…
SHL·Aug 20, 2020A Snowfallen ElegyI long to step out into the frigid night of Hokkaido, where untouched snowflakes line the roofs of gazebos and apartments. Juxtaposed…
SHL·Aug 16, 2019orchid blossomsI’ll often catch myself immersed in the passing lights on streets and roads, marveling at how I will never meet the millions of strangers…
SHL·Feb 20, 2019carving the cosmosEthos took a knife and sent it down the edge of the universe. He painstakingly worked on an edge just diagonal of it, and triumphantly…
SHL·Sep 9, 2018ampersand goodbyesIt’s always the human desire to add “and” to something, because we fear what is final, definitive, irreconcilable. We will boldly make a…
SHL·Mar 7, 2018warm on a cold nightA familiar jazzy tune comes on the speakers and envelops the log cabin. He swallowed the aphrodisiac and looked at her. She absorbed the…
