On this night, eight years ago, I was wearing a three-piece suit while shoveling elephant, kangaroo, and horse poop. I was living in the Phoenix Dream Center at the time, early in my recovery (12 …
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Creosote and Petrichor – A Moment from Today’s Hike
It rained today, so I followed the rain to the Phoenix Mountain Preserve trailhead on 40th street and chased a cloud up Peak 2429. I grabbed this shot on the L.V. Yates trail on my …
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A Change of Plans
This morning I was scheduled to do a pair of 30-minute breakout sessions as part of a multi-faceted community event hosted by the City of Phoenix at a local school. The material I was going …
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This Morning’s Office: Suicide Prevention
Well, She Wasn’t Wrong
Although I wasn’t scheduled to speak today, I woke up to a very early text asking me to cover a presentation for someone else. As usual, I said I’d take it. Name the time and …
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KWFUCC – An Oasis of Audio in an Otherwise Very Dry Desert
For being the fifth largest city in the United States, Phoenix can be a bit of a cultural wasteland at times. Nowhere is this problem more evident than on local radio. The majority of stations …
Continue ReadingNew Video: “Peace in North Phoenix” (With Apologies to Jimi)
My latest video is about as different as it can be from the last one (“Social Networking Debate Avoider”). “Peace in North Phoenix” is a strange little abstract video inspired by a 2 AM run …
Continue ReadingVideo Blog: Bulk Trash Karma
Today I encountered the golden side of Phoenix’s bulk trash collection system. That sentence may read like some kind of self-contradiction, but trust me, it isn’t. The following video will explain how I managed to …
Continue ReadingI Went For A Walk
I went for a walk tonight after dinner. Dinner was early, and we’re not far removed from the summer solstice, so the sun was still up. Also, this is Arizona in July. The sum of …
Continue ReadingSummer Has A Way
Summer has a way of making me remember things that I so desperately want to hold on to. Some of my greatest memories are tied into the more unforgivingly hot months of the year, in …
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