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May: Buy Nothing

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020Leave a comment

May marked my fourth month and third place living in a coronavirus-affected world: Portland. The long-awaited return to the locked-down city I love has been both exciting and depressing. However, in a week's time, May changed from being just another month of this shit to the month Joey and I got our own apartment, and … Continue reading May: Buy Nothing

April: Cleaning Out the Closets

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020Leave a comment

Like just about everyone else in these later weeks of social distancing, I have been cleaning out my closet. Well, more accurately, I am organizing closets and drawers at whomever's home I am currently staying at. I recently (finally) read Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and doing so inspired even more cleaning … Continue reading April: Cleaning Out the Closets

Snow Day

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020Leave a comment

I woke up Sunday morning and I really did not want to go to the gym. I was still sore from climbing earlier in the week, and "going to the gym" is not as simple here as it is at home. To go to the gym is a commitment: a 15-minute walk to the bus … Continue reading Snow Day

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