8,733 days on earth – Seattle, Washington. Very few musicians do I care what their lyrics say.  One band that I’ve felt a certain emotional kinship to is Woods of Ypres.  Their lyrics are incredibly vulnerable and melodramatic to a point of cringiness. “They say that time heals all wounds, well this is a good way […]

8,733 days on earth – Seattle, Washington. It’s been a little over two months since I left Fargo.  Fargo has been my homebase for five years.  It was a useful place for me to have lived, and I cherish the lessons that I’ve had there.  I think of it as an impulsive time, but looking back, […]

8,695 days on earth – Seattle, Washington. Banff is a short jaunt away from Calgary, and was my main destination on my trip through Canada – other than finding somewhere in Washington to stay for awhile.  It was different than I expected, but I’m glad that I spent the time there that I did. The […]

8,683 days on earth – Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and Seattle, Washington. Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a place that I tried to understand for a handful of days.  This is what I got out of it.  Calgary is a big place; about 1.3 million people live there and there’s a lot of ground to cover. […]